2021-02-12 19:18
Hello! Do any of my readers have any leads on a good Montessori Buy, Sell, Swap group on Facebook? I found a couple, but I want to make sure I use one that is reputable and bustl… Read More
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Montessori Elementary Inspired Homeschooling
2020-07-31 22:28
2019-2020 work plans, New styleThe work plans/journals the boys used last year were different than those they used in the past. For about five years they used laminated, card-stock wor… Read More
2017-09-18 13:21
Kal-El, Once Upon a TimeA funny thing happened to me last year. I went to bed one night a Montessorian and woke up the next morning in Charlotte Mason Land. (Is there a word for people… Read More
2017-03-01 22:14
This photo is just snippet of one of the bookcases in our family room. As indicated in this post, our Montessori homeschool is following more of a Charlotte Mason structure this year… Read More
2017-02-25 16:57
post contains affiliate linksHere Me Too is working on "attributes" work (set theory, patterning, deductive reasoning). You can see behind him Kal-El is working on the flags of Asia wi… Read More
2017-02-01 00:58
We reviewed polygon nomenclature today. We built with the geometric sticks on a white board for ease of labeling and drawing diagonals. I showed them the diagonals of a pentagon.  &hell…Read More
2017-01-09 21:06
I found two resources lately that have been a big help with our narration and dictation work. As many of you know copywork, narration and dictation are a part of the Montessori experience… Read More
2017-01-03 03:19
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who after reading this September post left encouraging and helpful comments on the blog or o… Read More
2016-09-19 15:10
One of our best hours spent last week was spent writing and illustrating haiku. This was suggested as part of our Story of the World work. We are in the Middle Ages and just… Read More
2016-09-16 13:16
After posting last night I crawled in bed and curled up with two good books. That's what I do when I have a problem. First (hopefully) I pray about it. Then, I find a… Read More
2016-09-16 02:53
Me Too showing off his new suit coat (hand-me-down from friends) and the sitting wall he helped build.I haven't been writing much about the start of our school year. I have collected a… Read More
2016-09-02 01:09
Everyone posted their back-to-school photos on Facebook today. This was ours. No backpacks or school bus required. Today was our first day back for the new school year. &nb&hell…Read More
2016-05-12 20:43
Kal-El has started work on the ETC 9-12 grammar cards. He started with a review of common, concrete, abstract, spiritual, proper and collective nouns. As a point of interest for… Read More
2016-05-09 20:36
Little Hands on Music by Teaching Aids for MusicI have always felt there was a gap in the Montessori sequence when it comes to teaching rhythm. My boys worked through an entire Montess… Read More
2016-04-11 15:01
For our simple machines work I am combining the relevant lessons from Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding and the lesson planning guides that came with my simple… Read More
2016-03-24 19:01
We wrapped up a lot of work today. The timing couldn't have been better. I didn't plan for these things to work out this way, but they did. Today was our last day of school… Read More
2016-03-18 02:18
I don't know WHAT my issue is with these geography experiments. THIS time I practiced most of this beforehand like a proper Montessori guide should. I'm glad I did or the boys wo… Read More
2016-03-15 22:48
Okay, I'm going to cut straight to the summary and then go into my typical long-winded nitty-gritty analysis afterward.There is a new source available for pin maps as used in the Montessori… Read More
2016-03-02 21:56
We have continued our work with decimal fractions. Some of the cubes in this box will look different than they did the last time you saw them because I spray-painted them. The two… Read More
2016-02-22 18:02
"Llevo el vestido."Last week we practiced a our Spanish vocabulary for clothing with a fun activity. I filled two bins, one for each child, with a bunch of clothes that belonged to eit… Read More
2016-02-19 20:37
We started a new thread of work this week, decimal fractions. We got through the first several presentations and then paused because I realized I needed the number cards from the bank… Read More
2016-02-15 20:36
This post will just be some of my thoughts on teaching a couple of the divisibility presentations. I am no mathematician so you may not want to do things the way I did and this may hav… Read More
2016-02-11 20:15
The boys have been preparing to play at a music festival. These are some clips from their first run-throughs with the accompanist. I already posted these on Facebook. This… Read More
2016-02-02 22:37
I'll give you one guess as to what we're making. Our The Story of the World work brought us to the time of the destruction of Pompeii. It will be no surprise that this has r… Read More
2016-01-19 19:20
We have been using the same style of work plans for a very long time now, but they change many times throughout the course of a school year. I have been receiving some requests to show… Read More
2016-01-14 20:12
I have a question for all of you today. How do you deal with Montessori dust? I've been busy applying Konmari in the school room to make room with some very neat new materia… Read More
2016-01-14 05:30
Today I presented the "Work Chart of the Winds." Kal-el really liked it (that's his hand), Me Too was not a fan. My Mom cut the little arrows and the sun for me out of card stock… Read More
2016-01-11 18:14
We started something new today. You can now follow us on Instagram @whatdidwedoallday. I thought that Instagram might be a way to show you all what we are doing a LOT more f… Read More
2016-01-11 06:16
What's really messed up right now is something to do with the photo quality on my blog, but things with our Elf on the Shelf are a little bizarre as well. I had nothing to do with this… Read More
2016-01-11 06:08
I bought a Magicbox at the beginning of September and it has made homeschooling easier. I am way behind the times when it comes to technology so forgive me if this pos… Read More
2016-01-11 06:04
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is enjoying ramping up for Christmas. Here are some photo glimpses into our holidays. On Thanksgiving Kal-El and my husband ran a tur… Read More
2016-01-11 06:03
This boy is PROUD of his braces!Copyright What DID We Do All Day? 2009-2012 at www.whatdidwedoallday.blogspot.com Read More
2016-01-11 06:03
Every December our school room gets a little less roomie as we work around our behemoth Christmas tree. We love having it in there, but at the end of the month I'm happy to see it go… Read More
2016-01-11 06:03
One of my boys said this was their favorite lesson so far this year. This is from Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding, Vol. II, grades 3-5. I gave them each a tray w… Read More
2015-11-03 06:24
I am so sorry that I didn't move the jars of dog food before I took this picture. Gross. But yes, this is my life since we got a dog. One of the presentations I gave the bo… Read More
2015-11-03 05:24
We have been studying Ancient Rome using mostly lessons, suggested literature, and suggested extension activities from The Story of the World. Last week we built a Roman road, this wee… Read More
2015-10-09 23:32
When we last discussed prime factors, the boys were using Table C to find all of the factors of a number and break them down into prime factors. I did finally make peace with why oh wh… Read More
2015-09-29 00:26
We had beautiful weather last week. The boys and I found a great spot near our shed to build a Roman road that they can enjoy until it deteriorates. Note: some of the real… Read More
2015-09-26 00:19
Kal-El is reviewing long-multiplication with the flat bead frame. He original learned this work in parallel with the checkerboard back in April of 2014. However, he wound u… Read More
2015-09-01 12:24
There were three homeschool-related items I had hoped to complete this summer:The last ten chapters (out of 42) of The Story of the World, Volume 1The last 16 (out of 27) chapters of Viva el… Read More
2015-08-20 23:37
We left the Badlands after our nature drive and headed for Mount Rushmore. We made a lot of stops along the way. One, of course, was Wall Drug. Four free waters and three h… Read More
2015-08-19 20:53
sourceWe stayed one night in the Badlands at the KOA. After our Notch Trail adventure, we ate what the KOA called "Indian Tacos" (fried bread, like naan but fried and puffy, with taco… Read More
2015-08-18 18:06
My husband picked all of the beautiful hikes for us on this trip. His first attempt to kill us all was the Notch Trail in the Badlands National Park. Didn't see any.Me Too almost to th… Read More
2015-08-17 23:35
They weren't kidding!Copyright What DID We Do All Day? 2009-2012 at www.whatdidwedoallday.blogspot.com Read More
2015-08-15 01:50
I am gearing up for the new school year! We will start back to work on September 1st. I've been filling in the headers on my lesson plan books, cleaning up, and ordering material… Read More
2015-06-09 21:02
Seven weeks ago I realized that we had seven weeks left in the "school year" and Kal-El had 16 weeks worth of work left to do. He was nine weeks behind. Four weeks of this was du… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Me Too's first "real" piano lesson with Mommy. I was going to wait until September (start of first grade like his brother) but he insisted that "today was the day!" I was just ey… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This year BOTH boys participated in the Pinewood Derby. Last year Me Too wasn't old enough, but Kal-El competed and took first place in his den and third place overall.Here Me Too is c… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
At first, my blogging minutes were eaten up by the time I spent cutting holes in our kitchen soffits (nine total). Fun job, but hard on my arms. Switched from the drywall saw to… Read More
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