Movement {Practical Life}

I know... it's fall. Winter is coming. We like to post about outside things in the spring and summer. When it's easy. When it doesn't seem an inconvenience.

But I was reminded today how important it is to get outside. To move. Regardless of the weather.

 

We are lucky enough to live within walking distance of our recreation center. On our way home today I saw how much the kids were enjoying the cool weather so we stopped. We played outside for a bit. Rode our bikes. Jumped in the grass. Kicked a soccer ball. Then came inside for lunch and work.

 

Uneventful, but noteworthy. 

I'm thankful that it is part of our daily lives. 

“Growth comes from activity, not from intellectual understanding.”

Maria Montessori

 

Baby Play- Hiding Toys

One of the greatest mistakes of our day is to think of movement by itself, as something apart from the higher functions...Mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should become informed by this idea.

Maria Montessori 

This was a fun game to play- we started with two cups and a toy. I hid the toy under one of them while Indie watched. Then I would ask her where the toy was.

I extended it by moving the cups to the other side of the carpet and asking her to go find the toy. After a while and lots of giggles she started figuring out when I was "tricking" her and switching the cups.  

Other extensions: use the same color cups (we used what we had but it probably would have been better with ones the same color)

use more than two cups

have them hide it 

etc. 

Linked up at the Kids Co-Op