I started this "2012 Year in Review" post because I was inspired by a list of topics from Bloggy Moms Blog Dare December 2012 Writing Prompts. Since I was feeling obliged to follow the trends of popular bloggers, I knew I had to do a year-end type of post. And then I read today's post from Montessori Living Now, where she is joining "The Very Best Kids Activities from 2012 Blog Hop", so once again I am following her lead and I am doing the same. In the past year if there is any one person I can consider my mentor for my Montessori blogging experience it is Deb from Living Montessori Now. I consider her blog the "clearinghouse for all things Montessori." So thank you Deb for your expertise and inspiration. Deb's most popular blog post for 2012 was DIY Montessori Materials.
TEACHING FROM A TACKLE BOX
THE VERY BEST KIDS ACTIVITIES FROM 2012
I have been designing Montessori materials to fit into space-saving tackleboxes since 2003, so I've been doing this for 10 years, wow! My Livable Learning website and this TTB blog were designed to help other homeschoolers and parents learn how to adapt their learning materials as Montessori-friendly and also help others to create homemade Montessori materials and to brainstorm about how to organize the materials when space is limited. My secret ambition has always been to bring Montessori methods and materials back into the public domain where Maria herself left it all when she died. Don't get me wrong, I believe there will always be a place for Montessori schools and training programs and for the official and expensive didactic materials, however the internet has proven that there is a whole other community of children with parents (or teachers in poor countries) who want and need accessible and affordable materials in order to be able to teach their children.
Drum roll please... and heeeeere are... the TOP 3 POSTS FOR 2012!
#1 - PAPER CUTTING
According to Blogger stats my blog's #1 post was Paper Cutting. I have seen my image of colored papers in a tacklebox all over Pinterest and in other educational and organizational blogs. My free paper cutting template is a popular download at Hope4ME and at Teachers Pay Teachers. This is a great activity for scissors cutting practice!
#2 - FORM DRAWING
Coming in second was the post for Preparation for Handwriting - Form Drawing. I designed this template as a control sheet for form drawing which is a method of preparation for handwriting. The download is available HERE.
#3 - SENSORIAL BASICS
In third place is the post announcing my unique tacklebox-friendly design for Montessori sensorial materials. You can read more about Sensorial Basics and my Montessori tacklebox-friendly materials HERE.
MY 2012 PERSONAL FAVORITE BLOG POST
Another of the blogger writing prompts from Bloggy Moms was "Your favorite post from 2012..." The first that came to mind was not a single post, but actually a series of posts by What Did We Do All Day on Montessori Music. I still remember how excited I was when My Boys' Teacher shared how she had adapted and painted the bells to make them Montessori-friendly.
MY PERSONAL OPINION:
Montessori gives nothing but "The Very Best Kids Activities" all year - every year!
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Welcome to The Very Best Kids Activities of 2012.This is a blog hop brought to you by the Kids Bloggers Network! Each of us will share our very favorite, most popular activity for kids!
This Best of 2012 is Cohosted by
52 Brand New ~ Adventures in Mommydom ~ angeliquefelix.com - The Magic Of Play ~ At home with AliB-Inspired Mama ~ Blog Me Mom ~Boy Mama Teacher Mama ~ Busy Kids = Happy Mom ~ Carrots Are Orange ~ Caution! Twins at Play ~ Coffee Cups and Crayons ~Connecting Family and Seoul ~ Confessions of a Montessori Mom ~ Craft To Art ~ Creative Family Fun ~ Creative Kid Snacks ~ Creative Learning Fun ~ Creative Playhouse ~ Creative with Kids ~ Cute and Peculiar ~ De tout et de rien: Activités pour le Préscolaire ~ Dirt And Boogers~ Edventures with Kids ~ Enchanted Homeschooling Mom ~ The Good Long Road ~ Frogs and snails and puppy dog tailsGlittering Muffins ~ Go Kid Yourself ~ Growing A Jeweled Rose ~ hands on : as we grow ~ Here Come the Girls ~ Home Learning Journey ~ Housing A Forest ~ Mama Smiles ~ In Lieu of Preschool ~ Inspiration Laboratories ~ Inspired by Family ~ It's A Long Story ~JDaniel4's Mom ~ Kids Creative Chaos ~ Kid World Citizen ~ Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & Teachers ~ Kitchen Counter Chronicles ~ Laughing Kids Learn ~ Learn with Play at home ~ Lessons Learnt Journal ~ Life At The Zoo ~ Little Artists ~ Living Life Intentionally ~ Living Montessori Now ~ Love, Play, LearnLoving My Nest ~ Mama Pea Pod ~ mama miss ~ Mamas Like Me ~ Mess For Less ~ Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas ~ Momma's Fun World ~ Montessori Tidbits ~ My Buddies and I ~ My Little Bookcase ~ My Nearest and Dearest ~ No Twiddle Twaddle ~ Nurturestore ~ Octavia and Vicky ~ One Perfect Day ~ ourfeminist{play}school ~ Picklebums ~ Play Activities ~ Playdough to Plato PlayDrMom ~ playful learners ~ playing with words 365 ~ PragmaticMom ~ Putti'sWorld ~RainbowsWithinReach ~ Rainy Day Mum ~ Raising Playful Tots ~ Reading Confetti ~ Red Ted Art ~ Royal Baloo ~ Science Sparks ~Scribble Doodle and Draw ~ Small Potatoes ~ Smiling like Sunshine ~ Sun Hats & Wellie Boots ~ Sun Scholars ~ Teach Preschool ~ The Educators' Spin On It ~ The Fairy and The Frog ~ The Freckled Homeschooler ~ The Golden Gleam ~ The Imagination Tree ~ The Iowa Farmer's Wife ~ The Outlaw Mom Blog ~ The Pleasantest Thing ~ This Reading Mama ~ Toddler Approved ~ Train Up a Child ~ True Aim ~ Two Big Two Little ~ What Do We Do All Day?
Thanks so much for your very sweet comments about Living Montessori Now and me, Suzanne! I love your blog, too! And a belated happy blogiversary ... you're awesome! Deb @ LivingMontessoriNow.com
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