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mumsrea
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Has anyone here used the complete materials cd from montessori for everyone? I'm a bit confused by them. Can anyone explain to me in laymans terms how they used them? Did you use an album and then look for the work on the CD? What did you do when you were at an exercise that required manipulatives?
I understand that they are printed materials. Does this mean that they are manipulatives turned into printed material where possible, as well as the material which is in its original form, printed?
When i look at the table of contents for these, even the complete cd, i'm finding it hard to imagine that this is all the kids learn, in say biology, in 3 years.
thanks!
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Hi, mumsrea! This is Lori from Montessori for Everyone. Let me try to answer your questions, and hopefully someone else will chime in too. I'm not sure if anyone here has my entire CD, but many have used my PDFs.
Yes, most people do use albums (there are some good ones available online) as a guide in choosing which work to use and when. Some of my items might not be in an album, but using the Comprehensive Lists that I sell, it's easy to know when to use them. Most of my items do contain some general instructions as well, and once you've presented one set of nomenclature cards, you can do them all - the basics of the presentation don't change.
Most of the materials on the CD can be used without manipulatives. So, you don't need to buy manipulatives to use the CD. However, since hands-on work is one of the hallmarks of Montessori, you'd want to buy some manipulatives (bead bars, etc.) in addition to the CD. That would be true in any classroom - the work would be a mixture of manipulatives and printed.
There are lots of posts around here about which manipulatives are really worth the time and money - I have some blog posts in my Montessori Basics series about the "essentials" of each classroom for each age; you can get by with just buying those essentials and nothing more if you like:
Montessori Basics
In some cases, they are manipulatives that I made printed versions of. They would include things like math charts and some of the other math things. Otherwise, they are almost entirely printed work that would always be printed, no matter what kind of classroom you have.
The "Biology" category was created because I had materials that involved both plants and animals together, and I didn't want to put them in just the Botany or Zoology categories. In reality, the Botany and Zoology categories fall under Biology, so really, there are dozens of Biology materials.
Hope that helps!
Edited to add: Please take a look at my Free Downloads, if you haven't yet, to get a good idea of the way the PDFs work and what kinds of things I sell. Also, you might want to buy a few things just to try them out. I'm happy to refund you for any previous purchases if you decided to buy the Complete CD at some point.
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wow, thanks that is helpful. I guess what i'm still wondering about is, the interplay between the 2dimensional work and the 3 dimensional manipulative work. Do your comprehensive lists sequence when to use what?
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Yes, the comprehensive lists do list everything in order.
Think of it this way: in 3-6, the work is almost completely hands-on. Browse a store like Alison's Montessori - esp. the "sensorial" and "practical life" areas. That's all hands-on work. Most of the math and much of the language for that age is also hands-on.
In elementary (6-12), the work can be almost all printed, though there are still hands-on materials, esp. in math.
Browsing a Montessori website that sells manipulatives would be great, and if you possibly have a Montessori school in your area, going in to observe for one day would be of so much more help than reading about it. Most schools have no problem with visitors coming to observe.
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so the advantage to your cd would be that i would have almost everything i need for an elementary child. i would then need some albums to tell me how to use the material and to show me what materials your cd does not include.
but for the primary child, i would need the albums even more because there is less printed work in primary, and it is materials heavy.
is this correct?
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That's a pretty good summary. You'll notice that my primary CD does have fewer items on it than the elementary. Now, since primary goes up to age 6, you definitely will start to use more printed materials even before the child enters elementary.
I think albums are helpful for any age, and in my Montessori basics posts I have one about books and albums, with links to some online ones.
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