18 April 2011
scissors, paper, tweezers, tape.
A new favorite activity has come home from school: flower dissection. This page has a very detailed description of the work in the Montessori classroom, and you can find a diagram and list of flower parts here. Even without going the full monty on the terminology, you could have a lot of fun with this with kids of all ages--comparing shapes of petals, seeds, and stem cross-sections of different flowers, counting various elements, or just practicing your cutting and taping.