Fun-Schooling + The Montessori Method

How Does Montessori work with Fun-Schooling?

Montessori is hands-on and self-directed
- Goes along perfectly with Fun-Schooling baskets!
- Include natural material learning toys and games in your basket – there are lots on Etsy
- Could easily set-up different Montessori-inspired Fun-Schooling stations
  - Here is an example of a space Sarah set up- https://www.facebook.com/groups/FunSchoolingwithThinkingTreeBooks/posts/2757773814502854/
- Give kids control to choose what they want to do and when they want to do it
  - Montessori students know what needs to be accomplished in a designated amount of time and are given the freedom to complete their tasks in any order they choose
Montessori classrooms rotate out activities/works
- Can rotate single-subject journals and complementary materials
- Store them on a low shelf/table for easy access
Nature study, Life Skills, character development, and the arts are a big part of Montessori
- We have journals for all of those!
- Pair them with hands-on life experience
Use Montessori materials like sandpaper letters, Montessori math manipulatives, and motor skills frames/toys alongside the journals
Wooden puzzles!
- Popular in Montessori and go great in a Fun-Schooling basket
Nomenclature cards/ 3-part cards
- These are used to introduce new words and teach different subjects
- Would work great along with journals, especially with vocabulary building pages
Fun-Schooling journals can be used by a wide range of ages and Montessori classrooms are multi-age classrooms
- Put together a multi-age group of other homeschoolers to go through a journal together
Montessori teens choose an area of focus and engage in hands-on in-the-field study on that area of focus
- Just like choosing a major!
Montessori values teaching independence and equipping kids with skills to thrive on their own
- Our research method and journals are set up with this same goal in mind