PREPARATION IS A KEY INGREDIENT FOR SUCCESSFUL MONTESSORI LESSONS
Carolyn's Vlog 2 from Magical Movement Company.com
Preparing
Welcome to my second Vlog in my Vlogging Series about Music, The Arts, Outdoor Classroom, Kids, Little doggies, and the Pygmy Forest. Just a few of my most favorite things!
How do you prepare for your day? And especially how do you get inspired for your work with children in the Montessori setting, the Home setting, or wherever you spend time with kids?
Here is my Vlog 2: "Pygmy Forest, Pomeranian doggie, Mozart and Picasso"
Often, I need to go out and explore my beautiful neighborhood with my little Pomeranian doggie first thing in the morning and I there find so much inspiration for my work with children.
CLAY
In this Vlog, we take a walk on my "Pygmy Path" through the unique Pygmy forest near my house. There, walking on the forest floor of hardpan clay, I remember how much I love introducing clay to children. My favorite artist for first experiences with clay is Picasso. (Actually, Picasso is my favorite artist for introducing just about every medium in art to children!)
STEADY BEAT
As well, when we got the rhythm of our walking together, my doggie Gigi reminded me of how the music concept of "Steady Beat" naturally lends itself to the walking rhythm of a quick adventure walk in the morning. We just naturally tend to walk in a steady rhythm and so we find that real experiences effectively lay the foundation for more in depth and formal lessons in music concepts as well as the elements of art.
These activities, "Exploring Steady Beat" with Mozart's music, and "Introducing Clay" with Picasso's Art, are explained more thoroughly in my Musically Montessori eCourses and my Artfully Montessori eCourse now available at the Trillium Montessori site.
Image from Adobe stock: "Picasso's Ceramics." National Picasso Museum, Vallauris, France
Thank you again for visiting with me today. I hope you enjoy my Vlog 2 at my Youtube channel.
