Toddler Montessori: Shape Sorters

Joshua loved this toy when he was an older infant and toddler. 

I painted the pieces blue so as to isolate the concept of shape, but I left the box unpainted. The bottom I lined with felt because the sounds of the pieces falling into the box. 

When he got older, we used the same pieces to learn the names for each of the shapes and all of the related sensorial games from the sensorial album. 

Remedial Mathematics - Video Fun

Just another one for fun.

Remedial mathematics, variation on the 2nd period of the 3 period lesson. Having a little fun - and then it backfired on me!

;)

Square Roots Videos - NOW POSTED

My son left us in November. I still have many unedited, unposted Montessori lesson videos to share with the world.

I will edit them. I will get them posted. My Joshua is the star of the show. Both wonderful and absolutely heart-breaking. 

This weekend, I created the videos for the Square Roots - they are edited and posted for all Keys of the Universe mathematics owners. 

Where can they be found? 

• Keys of the Universe course page with the albums: keysoftheuniverse.com
• Keys of the Universe discussion community (private link for those who purchase the online support)
• Keys of the Universe Montessori: keysoftheuniverse-montessori.com - online support and/or the videos purchases will get you access. 

No bloopers this time. But in the months since my son's passing, the golden bead units have come up missing, so here is a clip of me using the green beads in place of gold for the units! 

Geometry - Parts of a Circle - Old Work

Some of +Joshua+'s work.

Labeling parts of the circles - and some decimal math work.

I love how he decided to abbreviate "circle" as "circ." - saves SO much time! LOL!

Montessori Trails Blog-iversary - 8 years

This (click here) was our first post 8 years ago.

Oh my how times have changed. My beautiful boy is in heaven now and I am facing life without him.