An AMAZING site! Montessori Mom~

I do not use Montessori methods because that is simply not in my childs best interests but there are ALOT of people using it and it works out GREAT!! I think the whole concept is amazing but with my kids its just not for us. There are lots of different ways to homeschool and you should research and see what works for your family and children!! (-= I usually create all of my children's worksheets and I do all my own lesson plans, I have been pretty busy lately and I have discovered the Montessori Mom website while I was trying to find stuff for our "Solar System" and this just proves how no matter what kind of homeschooling or teaching you do there's always common grounds. 

She has a great reading list ~~here~~ which I will be using as a guide for spelling words and reading practice. The solar system cards which are right ~~here~~ and just so many amazing things for Montessori teachers and general homeschool families!!

Go ahead and check it out and let her know who sent you! There is also newsletters to subsribe to her. You can subscribe to my RSS feed to get all my updates Have a safe and happy long weekend!!! <3 

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Reward/Incentive Chart

Here is an incentive chart/homework chart or you can use as a behavior or brushing teeth/taking bath or chore chart!! The first row is for their checkbox for completed assingments 2nd is for what they need to do third is the date and the last box is their reward, we are doing stickers but you could even put like tv or computer time (-= I hope you enjoy!!!

Danforth Academy Incentives Chart

Free Printable 10 Commandments book

Simple print the book off by clicking the link..then on the right side of the site youll see a download link..click to download when the box pops up asking what to do with it you need to click "OPEN" once it is opened then print it off, let your kids color it then cut it out and tape or staple it, staples work a lot better but bad if little ones get a hold of them. That's up to you what you use (-=

Danforth Academy 10 Commandments Book by Amy N Lee Danforth

Adding with kitties worksheet by Danforth Academy (-=

 

Okay so here is my first Printable worksheet that I am uploading for yall, it takes a lot of time and effort put in transferring everything and saving in different programs and uploading on sites to be able to share with you, please don't edit these in ways to make Danforht Academy look bad or take my copyrights off. Thank you and enjoy!!

Danforth Academy Adding Cat Worksheet by Amy N Lee Danforth

Our discipline summed up

You must have persistence. And an ABSOLUTE refusal to do the work for her.

One thing we parents tend to screw up, is thinking that consequences have to be painful (of heart or physical body). But the truth is, a good consequence is one that is **inconvenient** and that **naturally relates** to the offence.

This is because both inconvenient and natural/relatable consequences will be remembered the next time they are in the same situation. Inconvenience works because we are creatures who strive for the path of least resistance and don't like to be inconvenienced. Natural consequences work because when our consequence directly relates to the offence, the child can easily make the connection between cause and effect. EXAMPLE: Taking a toy away from a child who misbehaved in the grocery store does nothing for changing that child's behavior -- there was no direct correlation between cause and effect and they were left feeling punished for being a failure. Instead, a natural consequence would be that when they misbehave in the grocery store, Mom puts back their favorite snack that they were going to get that week. The consequence is closely linked to the ACTUAL point of offence (the grocery store) so the child will surely remember it the next time you're in the store and they're hoping for their favorite snack to end up in the cart!

So anyway -- what about some practical examples of this for your situation?

In this case, every time you find the toilet unflushed, you can provide her with both an INCONVENIENT consequence and a RELATABLE consequence -- and you need to REFUSE to do the work for her! These next few steps might take a lot of time for you to implement, but it will only happen a few times and she'll be trained. It pays off in the long run!

1. Make her stop whatever she's doing to come back into the bathroom. (Inconvenient consequence)

2. Have her flush the toilet. (Inconvenient consequence)

3. Explain to her that since her waste wasn't flushed immediately, she now needs to use the toilet brush to clean the bowl. (Relatable consequence)

4. Once that's all done, explain that she needs to wash her hands (even if she just did a few minutes prior) because she has touched the toilet again. (Inconvenient consequence)

Sick Day..

There will be no updating today, sorry everyone I see how many views I got and I love it!! Not expecting that many so quickly!! Love you all! Let me know what kinds of things you would love to see!! Have a beautiful day and I will try to recover quickly!

Freebie!!- Sonlight Curriculum 3 weeks!

Here is a free sample I just came across I have never used it so I can't say its great or endorse it BUT, I this link here and get 3 weeks to look over the Sonlight curriculum for FREE (-=
You can decide for yourself. (-=