I am glad to have finally purchased the following from Flipkart.com
The Secret of Childhood
And, Montessori Today
The second book was primarily for what to introduce to the elementary years.
To be honest, I am unable to keep my eyes wide open - am hardly reading 2-3 pages and then it is zzzzz.....
Meanwhile -
We have moved on from division on unit division board that have zero remainder to equations that do contain remainders.
And, a lot of mental math activity has been going on. Our friend's son who is a chess pro has been doing some minor coaching for our son on how to do different types of checkmates.
Thanks to our friends visiting over this summer we have also learnt about Vedic Mathematics. It is quite appealing and I have gone through some of the tips. But, for now, I feel, the child needs to learn concrete concepts - in a visual sense. And, seeing a square as a square rather than a number has tremendous benefits of later integration.
Finally, the surprise and the biggest discovery today -
The Checkerboard
OMG! OMG! I am pinching myself - unable to believe this. Yippeee Yahoo! And, thanks a trillion, zillion times to Free Montessori
I had just posted to another person asking advice on what next to invest on, for frankly Checker board for Large Numbers as well as Decimal numbers was on the expensive end to buy. Yes, yes, I myself am a person who likes kids to work hands on - sensorial and no laptops or TV etc. But, then, I either wish I could afford all of the material or make them myself at the speed with which I could outpace my kids' interest or learning pace.
I could of course try to make the complete bead material or just buy the bead material and make a laminated checkerboard myself....but, this one serves the purpose for now! Amen!
The Secret of Childhood
And, Montessori Today
The second book was primarily for what to introduce to the elementary years.
To be honest, I am unable to keep my eyes wide open - am hardly reading 2-3 pages and then it is zzzzz.....
Meanwhile -
We have moved on from division on unit division board that have zero remainder to equations that do contain remainders.
And, a lot of mental math activity has been going on. Our friend's son who is a chess pro has been doing some minor coaching for our son on how to do different types of checkmates.
Thanks to our friends visiting over this summer we have also learnt about Vedic Mathematics. It is quite appealing and I have gone through some of the tips. But, for now, I feel, the child needs to learn concrete concepts - in a visual sense. And, seeing a square as a square rather than a number has tremendous benefits of later integration.
Finally, the surprise and the biggest discovery today -
The Checkerboard
OMG! OMG! I am pinching myself - unable to believe this. Yippeee Yahoo! And, thanks a trillion, zillion times to Free Montessori
I had just posted to another person asking advice on what next to invest on, for frankly Checker board for Large Numbers as well as Decimal numbers was on the expensive end to buy. Yes, yes, I myself am a person who likes kids to work hands on - sensorial and no laptops or TV etc. But, then, I either wish I could afford all of the material or make them myself at the speed with which I could outpace my kids' interest or learning pace.
I could of course try to make the complete bead material or just buy the bead material and make a laminated checkerboard myself....but, this one serves the purpose for now! Amen!
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