tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post5404474234262962174..comments2023-11-01T00:25:52.923+11:00Comments on RAINBOW MAMA: The Red Rods & my new approach...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906019871298704814noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-76243152407495075692009-08-21T13:27:59.004+10:002009-08-21T13:27:59.004+10:00Hello Gigi :) - It's so inspiring to hear othe...Hello Gigi :) - It's so inspiring to hear other Montessori mama's talking about the dynamic with materials at home. Just like your children - mine never hesitate to do a puzzle or to do a drawing or to play lego. I am hoping to make the M materials *more accessible* so that they will choose them in the same easy way. Just this morning Lovely walked into the lounge room & announced he was going to choose some work, opened the cupboard & selected something. Perfect :)<br /><br />Hi Green Mama - was that you being inspired by the felted rocks over at Magic Onions?<br /><br />Koko's mama - Hello :) Your experiments sound fun! We might just have to do that! I am just about finished making the number rods so maybe it's the perfect activity for them!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906019871298704814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-70516577911756424522009-08-21T11:47:55.004+10:002009-08-21T11:47:55.004+10:00My kids also become "inspired" after me ...My kids also become "inspired" after me seeing me work with the equipment. And I was inspired by your post to put the red rods vertically and see where in their bod(ies) each rod reached. Of course they giggled to see that their feet were bigger than the smallest rod.<br /><br />Then they made mazes and triangles!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03760637106879673105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-73815588269083472672009-08-21T01:21:20.185+10:002009-08-21T01:21:20.185+10:00Love the photos and am glad the experimentation wo...Love the photos and am glad the experimentation worked well for you; we move back and forth between our Montessori activities, Waldorf inspired learning, and other ways of playing and learning that have sifted into our world and taken mine and my daughter's interest. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to visiting your blog again; always searching for new ways to learn with my daughter.Jessica Montehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883632864851759423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-49656667308828435852009-08-20T23:13:40.819+10:002009-08-20T23:13:40.819+10:00Amber,
I to experience the children not touching ...Amber,<br /><br />I to experience the children not touching any of the works on the shelves unless I personally work on it myself or find a way to get them interested in them. The only thing my children will do spontaneously at home is Art/Music/and puzzles!<br /><br />At school they do it all but it is because they see other children doing it or because the teacher (like we do) invite them to do the work and make it appealing.<br /><br />I know you must have felt so happy to see all of this fabulous work going on!!<br /><br />GigiGigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-89669368498498187192009-08-20T13:52:23.132+10:002009-08-20T13:52:23.132+10:00Gypsy - we share the same interest :) I am *fascin...Gypsy - we share the same interest :) I am *fascinated* by how Montessori & Waldorf can work together (& am enjoying your posts - and questions about the same). <br /><br />You are absolutely correct about Anthroposophy - that is the element that splits M & W in many ways & a deeply Anthroposophical mama would have problems with Montessori - just as a purist Montessorian would have problems with Waldorf (& homeschooling for that matter!). <br /><br />I appreciate all parts of this equation because it's what makes it work in a way - without the purists (on both sides) neither M or W would be as wonderful as it is today - both would have been so watered down so as to no longer contain the true essence & wisdom of the originators. <br /><br />So I celebrate the anthroposophical mamas! & the purist Montessori mamas! - & then I take what I need into my own family & our own lives & try to make it work for us. <br /><br /><br />MSV - Yes! Montessori meets unschooling. Yippee :) I love Theresa (from the blog Lapaz Farm)'s take on this too - she's really into that combo. BTW, I just popped over to your blog & am looking forward to reading some of your NVC posts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906019871298704814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-76423843697900846592009-08-20T12:20:29.500+10:002009-08-20T12:20:29.500+10:00Looks like Montessori meets unschooling - love it!...Looks like Montessori meets unschooling - love it!! :)Mom's Sewing Vaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234006980175491685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4951974969740162216.post-12794617316505817182009-08-19T17:56:31.348+10:002009-08-19T17:56:31.348+10:00That is so great ... I am really interested in how...That is so great ... I am really interested in how to combine the best of Montessori and the best of Waldorf. Provided the mother is not deeply anthroposophical (I'm not, although it fascinates me) I can't see any reason they can't be combined really well. Love the pictures.Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14507297241750333316noreply@blogger.com