I'm just about always nak too.
Some of them I can, some of them I just picked up at junk shops or whatever. I have been looking for materials for about 2 years now, I also have some handmade materials from when I was teaching. This is for my 5 yo and 2.5 yo.
On my maths self, atm, I have:
� MAB blocks and some cards and other material I made when teaching for use with these.
� Cuisenaire rods and book of patterns to go with it, downloaded for free.
� A foam number puzzle I got at a junk shop, showing numerals to
� 0-9 and the four operation signs
� pattern blocks and some pattern block trading games
� Homemade spindle 'boxes' from plastic cups and straws
� homemade felt and card 'sandpaper' numbers
� Dinosaur counters
� Learn about time magnetic book
� Counting mats, addition and subtraction cards, number stickers (for when DS1 won�t attempt the writing)
� We use Miquon, assorted stuff I had as a teacher and free downloads to keep it fresh and interesting.
Is that what you mean?
What I find the best approach is to familiarise myself with what is covered in the Montessori curriculum and grab any substitutes when I see them. So I knew the geography unit covers things by continent, so when I saw a good book that covered it in that way, I grabbed it. I'm always looking! This didn't happen overnight, either!
I'll pm you a link where I talk a bit about things we have donek, if you like. It�s mostly for friends, though, so I don't write about giftedness there.
I just read on another thread, Grinity posted the elephant analogy, which could apply to Montessori IF the director/ess wasn't flexible.
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/analogies.htm(thanks Grinity, for reminding me I wanted to ask about that
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