New Geo Shapes for Toddlers!

Happy New Year!
Our friends at Young Minds at Play are
offering a coupon on their geometric shapes
puzzle. The quality is outstanding! I bought
several myself and they are really superb!
Here is a pix of my grandson working with Jeff's handmade materials.

Thanksgiving Sale at Young Minds at Play

I am excited to get my new order.  Only one more puzzle left
to own the complete the geometry cabinet. That will be my
Christmas present to my Montessori room! Jeff is great to work
with and open to ideas and suggestions. Below is their fall newsletter

and a 20% coupon! Just click on the link...
Young Minds at Play Newsletter

Amazing Japanese Toys!

These are truly more than toys...they are works of art!
Enjoy!!

Exciting New Geo Cabinet and Puzzles

I can't wait until my new things get here!

Here's what I ordered from Jeff at
Young Minds at Play...
The 3 circle puzzle
The 6 circle puzzle
The 3 shapes puzzle

The "Roundy" shapes (my kids name for them)

Next I will order the squares and
new cabinet to hold all these
puzzles! Jeff is also making some
anatomy puzzles with the
bones of the hand being his first

puzzle. Enjoy these pictures and materials!

Natural Montessori Materials

Today's finds are all thing Montessori a' Naturel...
(montessori materials in the buff!)
Some children actually struggle with colors and
processing or seeing correctly especially with the
number rods. A few companies have addressed this
issue by producing low contrasting colored rods
or brown stained rods as well as other non-colored
traditional montessori materials. I tried to represent
several companies in this post, but I am aware that
many of the materials may be available from more
than one company. ( I am a non-commercial blog
and am not trying to advocate one business over
another, so if you find something else exciting
along these lines, feel free to comment!!)
I think many of the natural or stained materials
are really beautiful... have fun!

Kathy

Montessori N Such Natural Tower and Stand (aka Pink Tower of Cubes)

Hello Wood Red and Natural Rods

Montessori Stores Blue and Natural Teak Wood Numeral Rods

Montessori Stores Natural Teak Wood Counting Rods

E and O Montessori Natural Geometric Solids

Montessori Stores Teak Knobless Cylinders

Montessori Aids Natural Binomial and Trinomial Cubes

IFIT Montessori Wooden Golden Beads

Materials Company of Boston Natural Broad Stairs (aka Brown Stairs)

Three Beautiful Bees Natural Beeswax Polish

from Urthchild