Greatest Commandment {Mark 12:30-31} is #4 from Seeds of Purpose. 
Full Page Verse Printable…
Verse Mini Book {which could also be cut into mini flash cards to have kids put the verse in order}…
Copy Work Tracers {print & cursive}
Copy Work Sheets…
Full Verse Coloring Pages… 
Letter G ~ Gorilla
Gg Gorilla Extras…
Gg Gorilla in Action…
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, but you could use magnet letters, scrabble letters, foam letters, etc.) Mommy-prep:
Hide the letters your tot will need to spell the words you have chosen in the sensory bin.
Play Time:
Allow your tot to play in the sensory bin. As they find a letter, they can place it on the word cards.
Eventually, they will "build" a word. In our case, we built the names of family members on a letter tile page I made on the computer.
Work
Work while you work,
Play while you play.
This is the way to be happy each day.
In all that you do,
Do with your mite.
Things done by halves,
Are never done right.
It is a good poem. The kids delighted in committing it to memory and I left it at that. Recently, after reading more in Montessori at Home by John Bowman, I realized how important work is to a child.
Maria Montessori said,
The child can develop fully by means of experience in his environment. We call such experiences “work.” Such experience is not just play . . . It is work he must do in order to grow up.
Ever find yourself grinding your teeth when sticky little hands want to help you wash the window? or a delighted three foot child squirms with excitement because he washed your dishes?
Mmmmhmmmm.
They are learning. Remember this. Learning. Engaging with their world and modeling what they see YOU doing. You are all grown up and they want to be all “growed” up like you.
Through work your child is learning how to concentrate. Initially you may find that your Tot isn’t all that interested in that creative activity you made for her. Don’t give up. She has to learn to FOCUS her attention. The specific Montessori activities you are providing for your child, are essentially food, John Bowman points out. You will find that once your energetic and agitated child begins to eat of this food . . . this activity . . . this learning that is work – she will begin to focus her attention and adore your Tot Trays or activity baskets.
Persevere and provide these specific learning moments. Don’t forget Montessori at Home has some GREAT ideas! Bowman reminds his reader, each time you nourish your child’s brain with quality activities, their ability to concentrate will increase. Once their ability to concentrate increases, this opens up their ability to learn ANYTHING.
What is Gabe doing? After flipping through my Montessori at Home! book, I chose to have Gabe use a mortar and pestle to grind different spices and grains. He was encouraged to touch, feel, and smell each item both before and after he ground them. His favorite? Cereal! He was quite shocked at the whiff of basil that proceeded to blow into his face!
What are you waiting for? Go and have a Montessori Moment at Home with your Little! To review what we have covered so far in our Montessori at Home journey, click here.
Since Juliette has been little she has loved putting popsicle sticks into an empty container and then dumping it out. We keep the container filled with popsicle sticks in the cabinet where she can reach it and she takes it out to play with them often. One day, when Emily wanted to use the popsicle sticks with her and I didn’t have an extra empty container for her to use by herself I decided to turn this fun fine motor activity into a new math game that the girls could play together.
You will need:
so I gave each of us 25 of a different color) 
that the girls love to use)To Play:
The first player rolls the die to see how many popsicle sticks they will put into the container. Juliette counted the dots to see what number she got.
Place the number of popsicle sticks into the container, one at a time. As Juliette put each one in she counted to make sure she was putting the correct number in.
Then it is the next players turn.
We play until each person put all of their popsicle sticks into the container, and then begin again!
This game is a great way to practice counting, number recognition, 1:1 correspondence and work on fine motor skills in a fun way. As we were playing Juliette began to recognize the amount of dots on the die and was able to just tell us the number without counting.
Little Hands-on ABC’s and 123’s is a bi-monthly feature that focuses on practical and simple ideas that you can do at home to help your tot develop their letter and number skills.
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Seek First {Matthew 6:31-34} is #3 from Seeds of Purpose. 
Full Page Verse Printable…
Verse Mini Book {which could also be cut into mini flash cards to have kids put the verse in order}…
Copy Work Tracers {print & cursive}
Copy Work Sheets…
Full Verse Coloring Pages… 
