Here is another example of some of the beautiful Montessori inspired materials a la Workjobs II made by my dear MIL. The Lily Pads are made with green foam board and the ponds are blue felt. The frogs and toads are lima beans glued together and painted with lentil eyes. Nora is entranced
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Nora really wanted to do "schoolwork" this year and I have to admit that I didn't get as much done as either she or I would have liked...however, what we did get to was heaps of fun. We must stop here and give a big hearty "Thankyou" to the best ever MIL, ever. She made these for us....and there are lots more. I hope to take pictures and post them over the next weeks. The inspiration for these Montessori inspired works is from the books Workjobs and Workjobs II. I hope to get lots more use out of them for Nora's Kindergarten and for subsequent littles. Here is Nora using her "Bacon and Eggs" work. We are going to try some addition type work next week. 
