Celebrate the Seasons the Montessori Way

My daughter loves it when the seasons start to change, particularly winter into spring (me, too). She loves to look for signs of spring and wants to notice every little change, from the first blooming flowers to the greening of the grass, the return of the butterflies to the water getting warmer in the creek at the park.

It’s good to mark, and to notice, the passing of time with our kids, and not just in the “I can’t believe you’re growing up so fast” kind of way.

Montessori education gives lots of opportunities for marking and celebrating time, which Mama’s Happy Hive explores in this fun post.

I love the floor mat for the seasons, and making a calendar with beads to count the days. These are products from Playhood on etsy if you want to get your own. The sorting activity looks like a lot of fun, too, whether you use pictures of activities done in different seasons or pull of winter gloves, bathing suits and other gear to sort for each season.

Do you do anything special to talk about or celebrate the seasons at home or in school? I’d love to hear about it.

[Photo: Mama’s Happy Hive.]

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Whether you have snow where you live or are on the wrong side of the world for that, these snow glob crafts for kids are a lot of fun to put together at home or in the classroom.

If you want to keep it super basic, you can download some snow globe coloring pages from Monday Mandala and have kids drawn in their own images (or color in what is there for the ones that are already filled). This could be a fun way to play with different media, having kids paint in one, draw in another, or use crayons in one, colored pencils in another, etc.

Or you can add your kid (or a classroom full of kids) to snowglobes with this craft from Twitchetts. It’s easy to make and fun for kids to help with, too.

You can also make snow globes with paper plates pretty easily, and there are lots of different options out there that should give you some ideas. This one from In the Playroom uses blue glittery pompoms as the snow and has a snowman in the background (though you can use whatever you want).

Mas and Pas uses a clear plate on top of a regular plate to make its snow globe, and Daydream into Reality just uses a paper plate to make the snow globe shape but there’s no snow involved. Their template includes different images you can put in the snow globe, or draw your own.

If you want to make a snow globe without the watery (so potentially less mess) you can make a waterless snow globe out of a plastic cup with this tutorial from The Pragmatic Parent. It uses tiny foam balls as the snow. Tidy Mom’s version uses a real glass jar and fake snow to flurry around.

And if you’re OK with using liquids in your snow globe, which will allow the snow to flutter like in a real snow globe, check out this version from 123 Homeschool 4 Me, which uses water and baby oil.

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