Saturday, October 14, 2017

Library Workshop: Montessori First Great Lesson

I'm leading a workshop series at my local public library on progressive education. The sessions will take place on Tuesday evenings from October 3 to December 12 (not including Halloween).

Some of the sessions are on Montessori and some are on Waldorf. Here I will put a corresponding series of blog posts listing what materials I took with me, both to help out other people who may be leading similar workshops and to help me out if I do another set of workshops like these in the future!


Montessori First Great Lesson

Five Great Lessons binder from NAMC teacher training course

materials for demonstrations:

    candle & matches

    large clear bowl of water & silver star confetti

    cast iron panini press & spray bottle of water

    Montessori golden unit bead & red yoga ball

    Starry Night Silk Scape



Solar System: A Visual Exploration of All the Planets, Moons and Other Heavenly Bodies that Orbit Our Sun

by Marcus Chown



Photographic Card Deck of the Solar System: 126 Cards Featuring Stories, Scientific Data, and Big Beautiful Photographs of All the Planets, Moons, and Other Heavenly Bodies That Orbit Our Sun

by Marcus Chown



Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe

by Theodore Gray



Photographic Card Deck of The Elements: With Big Beautiful Photographs of All 118 Elements in the Periodic Table

by Theodore Gray



Theodore Gray's Elements Vault: Treasures of the Periodic Table with Removable Archival Documents and Real Element Samples - Including Pure Gold!

by Theodore Gray



Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story

by Jennifer Morgan


the absolutely gorgeous Cosmic Story Mat from Waseca Biomes, which goes with Jennifer Morgan's story



Older Than the Stars

by Karen C. Fox



How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World

by Faith McNulty


homeschool organization: Becca's plan book, my plan book, box of Lyra Waldorf Selection colored pencils, Prismacolor gold and silver pencils

business materials: business cards, book group flyers, attendance sheet, session topic handout


This post contains affiliate links to the materials I actually use for homeschooling. I hope you find them helpful. Thank you for your support!

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