Projects

No tot school updates today, though we’ve done a lot of stuff last week.  It’s just that I am currently preoccupied with a lot of chores to be done.  Plus, I’m currently planning / brainstorming on some Montessori materials that I wish to make.

With limited resources (and budget too!), I’ve a list of things to be done this week.  I hope to finish each project by Friday because next week I need to resume to work (techie stuff).

NUMBER RODS

     I can accomplish this in a day.  Since I can’t find wooden rods around here, I plan to use larger red and blue beads instead.  For all I know whether you use a wooden rod or not, as long as you introduce or teach the same the same concept as Montessori, it is still accepted.  So before I made my bead stairs (colored) and golden beads... this basic rods or beads should be done first.

SPINDLE BOX

    I’ve seen variations of spindle box, and I’m torn between using a tissue roll or plastic trays for the box.  For the spindle, I plan to use straws or popsicle sticks at first, then maybe when my son is old enough I can give him sticks to use as the “loose” material.  It’s quite scary to give him sticks at his age... the way I see it, it’s not that safe.  So if I am still undecided by Wednesday, I might pass on this project at first for this month.  If I decided on plastic trays, I might end up making this on April as I have to save for the boxes.

INSETS

    I am so excited on making my own insets.  Saw a blue and red poster board at Popular and it’s perfect for this kind of project.  My only issue here are the brads to use and the kind of “cutting” I needed so I can pull this project off (neatly).  I can see that Mavi would love love this thing.  There are a lot of brads available, but I am looking for something that’s safe for Mavi.  Something that’s sturdy, doesn’t come off easily and I hope to find a non-metal brad.  So once I have all  my materials needed I guess there won’t be a problem.  My goal here is to have at least the 3 sets done:  triangle, circle and square.

Well these are some of the things I can do before the month ends.  I still have a lots of things on my mind... such as the color chips, tessellations, more sensorial materials... but I wanna go slow and smooth since I also got some personal stuff to do.

Baby steps for me as of the moment.  Baby steps.