AGE 3-6 YEARS
Pages 1-5, click here: CARE:
3-6 CARE of Self, Others, and the Environment:
Text: the first six years, participating in family life, the child's purpose. Materials: balance beam, family books, Japanese bell, aprons, brooms and mops, dustpans and whisk brooms, "good habit" board, pitchers, brushes, sponges, tools, work bench, work gloves, tool vocabulary cards, and books
Pages 6-10, click here:
FOOD
3-6 Food—Preparation & Serving:
Text: practical tasks as the foundation for all later work, the needs of the
parents and family. Materials: chef's apron and hat, apple slicer, nutcracker, compost bucket, children's cookware and bakeware, mini grater and juicer, melon baller, coffee grinder, cheese plane, porcelain tableware, children's tea set, flatware, kitchen vocabulary cards, blue willow dishes
Pages 11-15, click here:
TOYS
3-6 Sensorial, Manipulative Toys: Text: active
play, movement, the senses, sensorial materials-toys, cooperative games. Materials: "zecar", continent, climbing bear, skip rope, color paddles, angel chimes, matreshkas, hammer board, Chinese checkers, sorting trays, bead stringing, catapult, rubber band car, locks box, farm and animals, ball tilt,
Pages 16-20, click here:
GAMES
3-6 Wooden Blocks, Puzzles & Games: Text: an
introduction to later academic studies. Materials: Roman Arch, architectural history blocks, arcobaleno, jigsaw puzzles, think and match puzzles, chess set and book, tiddly winks, marbles, hopscotch, dominoes, jacks, pick-up sticks, COOPERATIVE GAMES
Pages 21-27, click here:
EARTH
3-6 Earth—Physical Sciences:
Text: motor-sensorial experiences, the solar system, globes and puzzle maps,
land forms, ecology, science experiments, lessons, art and language Materials: solar system books, puzzles, poster, globe, world maps and world map puzzles, compass, continent books, cards, and charts, land form pans and clay, and cards, mobiles, first picture books, rock matching, ocean bingo, weather stick, glass prism, loup magnifier, rocks and minerals, electric circuit kit, magnets
Pages 28-33, click here:
PLANTS
3-6 Plants—Life Sciences, Botany:
Text: the nature table or shelf, plants. Materials: leaf and flower press, flower books and cards, tree stacking blocks, tree books, seed and root viewer, herbs and spices playing cards, gardening tools, watering can, garden readers
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(AGE 3-6 YEARS CONTINUED)
Pages 34-40, click here: ANIMALS
3-6 Animals—Life Sciences, Zoology: Text: the nature table or shelf, animals. Materials: exotic animal models, stethoscope, bird songs CD and book, binoculars, animal soundtrack game, butterfly garden, zoology readers, animal magnets, shell collection and matching cards, shell books and games, biome cards, animal readers, vocabulary cards, and stickers, fossils
Pages 41-44, click here: PEOPLE
3-6 People—Social Sciences: Text: geography & history, globes, maps, and flags. Materials: beautiful books, 'teaching peace" cd, United Nation flag set, flag sticker book, earth flag, continent books, large USA wooden puzzle map
Pages 45-48, click here:
MUSIC
3-6 Music:
Text: singing, listening to music, composers, musical instruments. Materials: continent music cd's, folk song cd's, music cd's, slit drum, international percussion instruments, rhythm sticks from Australia, djembe drum, musical instrument vocabulary cards, composer cd's books, large pictures, and cards
Pages 49-52, click here:
ART
3-6 Art:
Text: art materials, activities, art appreciation & art history. Materials: modeling beeswax, clay and tools, prismacolor pencils, sketch book, pencil box from India, Buddha board, art memo game, peg loom, artist clip board, international and Western art appreciation cards, great art pictures, postcards, and books
Pages 53-58, click here:
LANGUAGE
3-6 Language: Text: language of the child's world, experience first, vocabulary cards—speaking,
the vocabulary and the wider environment, pre-reading and writing, the
"I spy" game, reading and writing, vocabulary cards—reading,
reading books, exploring language, Materials: poetry book, story cd's vocabulary bingo game, 2-part language card tray, sand tray, alphabet puzzles and magnets, visual dictionary, home and town vocabulary cards, reading books, peace readers, grammar books
Pages 59-61, click here:
MATH
3-6 Geometry, Math, Measurement:
Text: enjoyment, experience first, manipulative materials. Materials: geometric solids, geometry blocks, magnetic geometry board, colorforms, tangoes, growth chart, international counting books, teaching clock, magnetic calendar board,
AGE 6-12 YEARS
Pages 62-63, click here:
INTRODUCTION
6-12 Introduction to the Elementary
Class Years: Text: education ages 6-12,
cooperation and peace. Materials: "I can do better" peace flags, COPERATIVE GAMES, manners books, spiritual models books (Jesus, GAndhi, the Dalai Lama, etc)
Pages 64-65, click here:
EARTH
6-12 Earth—Physical Sciences:
Text: astronomy to geology, from the general to the specific, the simple to
the complex, lab manuals, timelines, the arts. Materials: black strip, volcano model, upside down world map, rocks, science books
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(AGE 6-12 YEARS CONTINUED)
Pages 66-68, click here: BIOLOGY
6-12 Plants & Animals—Life Sciences: Text: experiments and observation, adaptation & changes of plants and animals,
classification of animals, our human bodies. Materials: life on earth charts, anatomy books, eras of life chart, pre-history charts and books, fossils
Pages 69-72, click here:
HUMANITIES
6-12 Geography, History, Biography—Social
Sciences: Text: world and American geography,
history, biography. Materials: human evolution chart, "magic treehouse" history cd's, Perspective timeline game, world puzzle map, "write and erase" globe, "Take Off" map game, world bingo, family tree workbook, history and biography books, USA geography game
Pages 73, click here:
ARTS
6-12 The Arts: Text: art and
music. Materials: melody harp, music timeline, potholder loom, art puzzles
Pages 74-76, click here:
LANGUAGE
6-12 Language:
Text: creating a language environment, learning to read, creative writing, personal
spelling dictionary, handwriting, the history of language, etymology,
grammar. Materials: story cd's (Greek myths, King Arthur, Shakespeare for children, Old Testament, etc.), mythology books, quiddler short word game, poetry book, cursive and Italic handwriting workbooks, books about languages
Pages 77-88, click here: MATH
6-12 Geometry, Math, Measurement:
Text: history of math and invention, manipulative materials in geometry and
math. Materials: block and tackle/pulley, geometry template, Chinese abacus, money boxes (for learning to budget), books on math
AGE 3-12 YEARS
Pages 79-80, click here:
ENVIRONMENT
3-12 Preparing a Learning Environment:
Text: organizing the environment, age 3-6, age 6-12, environments in the home,
the environment and the mind, the adult. Materials: floor mats, Michael Olaf picture frame, Japanese trays, wooden trays
Pages 81-85, click here:
PARENTS TEACHERS
3-12 Parenting & Teaching:
Text: "Montessori materials", the supermarket effect, parenting/teaching,
concentration and contemplation, the inner guide, a fresh look, age 0-6,
age 6-12, age 12-18, age 18-24, for everything there is a season, Montessori
schools- elements, a brief biography of Maria Montessori. Materials: parenting books and articles, books on healthy development
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