Movement Activities for Teaching Listening Skills

Hello!

For this month's blog post, I am linking to a guest post I  wrote for Free Spirit Publishing, the company that published my picture book From A to Z with Energy! 26 Ways to Move and Play.

I have created three new movement activities that are designed around three popular songs for kids. The songs and activities are fun and lively, and children will listen and wait for cues in the music before responding in movement. This is great practice for waiting for and recognizing cues, and developing listening skills and impulse control.

Link to Blog Post:

http://www.movingislearning.com/blog/posts/36240

Keep on Dancin'!


Connie
www.movingislearning.com

MOVING IS LEARNING!

Montessori-Inspired Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Activities Using Free Printables

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now 

I've loved celebrating Earth Day since it was first observed! And there are more resources available for it than ever now. In honor of Earth Day on April 22, I have a new Montessori-inspired reduce, reuse, recycle pack (newsletter subscriber freebie at LivingMontessoriNow.com)! Of course, it's perfect for Earth Day every day! 

You'll find many activities for preschoolers through first graders throughout the year along with presentation ideas in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using free printables to create activity trays here: How to Use Printables to Create Montessori-Inspired Activities. 

At Living Montessori Now, I have a post with resource links of Free Printables for Montessori Homeschools and Preschools. 

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links (at no cost to you).

Montessori Shelves with Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Themed Activities

Montessori Shelves with Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Themed Activities

You’ll find Montessori-inspired reduce, reuse, recycle numbers, letters, and and more (part of my subscriber freebie pack, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password … or check the bottom of your latest newsletter if you’re already a subscriber) 

Go to my Free Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Printables and Activities for a Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Unit post at Living Montessori Now for the free printables and activity ideas you see on the shelf and collage above!

Free Montessori-Inspired Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Pack

Montessori-Inspired Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Pack for DIY Cards and Counters, Number or Letter Matching, Number or Letter Basket, Bead Bar Work, Hands-on Math Operations, Number or Letter Salt/Sand Writing Tray, Letter Tracing, DIY Movable Alphabet, and Creative Writing (subscriber freebie, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password – or check your inbox if you’re already a subscriber).

More Earth Day Resources

• • Free 3-Part Recycle Cards
  • Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Activities
  • Montessori-Inspired Activities for Earth Day Every Day
  • More Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Activities 
  • Montessori-Inspired Lorax Activities
  • Free Earth Day Printables and Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Activities
  • Montessori-Inspired Arbor Day Activities
  • Free Recycling Printables and Montessori-Inspired Recycling Activities
  • Free Recycling Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
  • Free Recycling Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
  • Free Conservation Songs for Home or School {Character Education Resources}
  • Free Earth Day Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time
  • Free Tree Printables and Montessori-Inspired Tree Activities
  • Free Endangered Animal Songs and Educational Videos {Save the Animals}
  • Thank You for Planet Earth (or Thank You, Planet Earth) Mindfulness Cards and Booklet
  • Kids’ Earth Day Every Day Pinterest Board

If you'd like ideas for calendar-based themes throughout April, see April Themed Activities for Kids.

Be sure to go to my Free Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Printables and Activities for a Montessori-Inspired Earth Day Unit post at Living Montessori Now for lots of free printables and activity ideas!

Happy Earth Day! :)

Deb Chitwood is a certified Montessori teacher with a master’s degree in Early Childhood Studies from Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England. Deb taught in Montessori schools in Iowa and Arizona before becoming owner/director/teacher of her own Montessori school in South Dakota. Later, she homeschooled her two children through high school. Deb is now a Montessori writer who lives in San Diego with her husband of 43 years (and lives in the city where her kids, kids-in-law, and grandkids live). She blogs at Living Montessori Now.