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Practical Life: Peeling Eggs

The children really had fun playing with eggs: cracking, stirring, peeling, and lastly eating. It is a great sensory activity to show the difference between an uncooked egg and a cooked egg. Of course the real fun was having to eat the egg at the end of the lesson…

Exploring Objects in a Montessori Language Lesson

The main advantage of using real objects in the classroom is to make the learning experience more memorable for the learner. To give a couple of simple examples, if you are going to teach vocabulary of fruit and vegetables it can be much more affective for students if they can touch, smell and see theContinue reading “Exploring Objects in a Montessori Language Lesson”

The Pink Tower

The Pink Tower is the iconic Montessori material. Often called the ‘symbol of Montessori’, it is a welcoming sign in any Montessori environment, and a favourite with educators globally. Part of the sensorial area, it is comprised of 10 pink wooden cubes, in 3 different dimensions. The smallest being 1cm cubed, and the largest beingContinue reading “The Pink Tower”

Cooking Club: Plantain MoiMoi

Plantain Moi Moi is one delicious meal you should try this week.  Plantain Moi Moi also known as Ukpo Ogede to some ethnic groups is one of the Nigerian plantain recipes prepared with (over-ripe) or ripe plantains. With this food, you can avoid food wastage by utilizing the (ripe) over-ripe plantain instead of throwing them away.Continue reading “Cooking Club: Plantain MoiMoi”

Beef Burger

Ingredients 1 small onion, diced 500g good-quality beef mince 1 egg 1 tbsp vegetable oil 4 burger buns All or any of the following to serve: sliced tomato, beetroot, horseradish sauce, mayonnaise, ketchup, handful iceberg lettuce, rocket, watercress Method STEP 1 Tip 500g beef mince into a bowl with 1 small diced onion and 1 egg, then mix. STEPContinue reading “Beef Burger”