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FEBRUARY 2008:

At this time we have discontinued offering our homemade items for sale. We are in a reevaluation and discerning process for the Livable Learning estore. We will update you as time goes on. We will still offer our Creative Chaos to Livable Learning ebook and hope to get more ebooks in development at some future time.

I do know that I am perpetually called to be a mom and that my heart is in teaching and Montessori education, but my state in life at this time is simply calling me to my six children still schooling at home, and to my 15 daycare children whom I serve 7 days a week, from as early as 5am and as late as 1am. I had to focus my energies on what brings income to my family. This website has given inspiration and motivation to hundreds of thousands of families and teachers but it has not provided a livable income. I do plan to further develop this site but I guess you're going to have to wait for me to come out of exile (grin).  Thanks to all of you for your support and for your emails - I know there still is a divine purpose for this web site and for Montessori education.

PEACE AND ALL GOOD, Suzanne.

 

Teacher Preparation

Go to:      Catechesis     Sensorial     Practical Life     Language     Math     Culture     Accessories

 

 Creative Chaos to Livable Learning

(JMJ # TP102E)    $9.00 e-book

Written by the mother of eight children, this book is a family Guide to Sanity. Uses reflections on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to prepare the heart, and the Fruits of the Spirit to evaluate disorder. Easy to read, step-by-step program. Designed to help homeschoolers achieve order in their homes. Serves as an introduction to Montessori philosophy.

"The simplicity of your book is genius. Everything seems to be broken down very simply, yet completely, which is a plus for homeschooling moms (who live in chaos). I have been making Holy Hours with the kids and this is a great book for me to focus on myself for a change." (Mary/Moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/playschool6/

Catechesis

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Liturgical Prayer Cloths 

Set of four liturgically colored cloths: Purple, Green, Red and White. For a 3-6 year old, use a small foldable bed tray for the prayer table. The child sets up the table and chooses a prayer cloth and other items of choice, for example a candle and a statue of the Good Shepherd. They can choose to do this several times a day because sensorial repetition is natural at this age. An older child may set up a more permanent prayer table with religious items and the appropriate color for the season. Each cloth is made from one yard of 45" wide poly/cotton broadcloth - hemmed on all sides - finished piece measuring about 34" x 41".  

The following items are recommended for use with the Liturgical Prayer Cloths:

The Good Shepherd statue can be purchased at http://www.exposurepromo.com/index_cgs.html

The "Sing with Joy" CD is available at http://www.cgsusa.org/publications  The "Liturgical Colors" song is a favorite with the kids in my CGS atrium! They will sing it over and over and over again. 

Sensorial

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TACKLEBOX SENSORIAL BOX 1

  

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TACKLEBOX SENSORIAL BOX 2

  

Practical Life

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TERRY CLOTH APRONS

Made from a terrycloth dishtowel. Straps for neck and waist have velcro. Great for "wet" works and polishing.

 

 

 

FABRIC FOLDING

A set of eight pre-folded light weight fabric squares. Each cloth is made from poly/cotton broadcloth and hemmed on all sides.

 

 

 

NAPKIN FOLDING

A set of two wine glasses and eight medium-weight cloth napkins. Each cloth napkin is hemmed on all sides.

 

 

 

6 x 6 Punching Boards

6" x 6" cork board - to be used for preliminary punching activities with a push pin and paper. Works great with the Geometric Insets.

Language

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SANDPAPER LETTERS - manuscript consonants and vowels

Sandpaper on 3" x 5" mat board - vowels on blue and consonants on red. Designed to fit in a Large and Deep tackle box.

FABRIC MOVABLE ALPHABET - cursive consonants and vowels

Movable alphabet cut from marine quality upholstery fabric.   Vowels are blue and consonants are red. Set includes one of each letter A-Z.

 

 

 

FABRIC MOVABLE ALPHABET - cursive digraphs and combos

Movable alphabet cut from marine quality upholstery fabric. Green letter combos include: ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, ou, oi, oy, oo, au, aw, ar, er, ir, or, ur.

PRINTED MOVABLE ALPHABET - phonics set

For use with phonics activities. Printed movable alphabet on laminated gray card stock with vowels in blue and consonants in red. Each letter cut and sorted. Five each of lower case and three each of upper case. Tackle box friendly. (does not include tackle box)

Large Tackle Box  (Plano #3700) 14"Lx9.13"Wx2"H 

PRINTED MOVABLE ALPHABET - word study set

For use with word study activities. Printed movable alphabet on laminated gray card stock with vowels in blue and consonants in red. Each letter cut and sorted. Ten each of lower case in red letters and ten each of lower case in red letters. Tackle box friendly. (does not include tackle box)

$Large Tackle Box  (Plano #3700) 14"Lx9.13"Wx2"H 

FISHBOWL PHONICS - pink series 

Teaching from a Tackle Box Collection. The Pink set includes our original word lists with nearly (400) word cards with 2-3 letter one syllable short vowel words, and words with double endings like –ff, -ll, ss, plus some 4-letter words ending with –ng and -nk. These cards are printed, laminated, cut and sorted and will fit into ONE fishbowl. (fishbowl not included)

Glass Fishbowl   (need one for pink set)

FISHBOWL PHONICS - blue series

Teaching from a Tackle Box Collection. The Blue set has more than 550 one syllable words with consonant combinations and will fit into TWO fishbowls: BOWL #1 having only ending blends, and BOWL #2 bowl having beginning l-blends, r-blends, s-blends, w-blends and consonant digraphs sh, ch, th, wh, wr, gn, kn, ph.  (fishbowls not included)

Glass Fishbowl   (need two for pink set)

FISHBOWL PHONICS - green series

Teaching from a Tackle Box Collection. The Green set has nearly 1200 one syllable words with vowel combinations and fits into FOUR fishbowls: BOWL #1 has long vowel words with the *sneaky e*  a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e - BOWL #2 has the vowel digraphs  ai,ay  ea,ee  oa,ow - BOWL #3 has  words with r-controlled murmer dipthongs er,ir,ur,ar,or - BOWL #4 has the following vowel combos: oi,oy    ou,ow    short oo, long oo    au,aw    ei/eigh, igh, ild/ind, old/olt/ost, oll. (fishbowls not included)

Glass Fishbowl   (need four for pink set)

SIGHT WORDS 

Two sets of 400 sight word cards printed, laminated, cut and sorted. Colored control set word cards and white working set of cards be used for letter and word recognition activities with children as young as 3 years old. Tackle box friendly. (does not include tackle box)

Small Tackle Box  (Plano #3705) 9"Lx7"Wx2"H 

WORD STUDY - Greek Movable Alphabet

Laminated alphabet printed in New Testament Greek (Koine) with 8 sets of lower case letter and 2 sets of upper case. The organization and use of these materials is a Livable Learning original design. This set includes laminated Pronunciation and Handwriting Charts for the Greek Language, plus laminated Greek word cards and abbreviations.  (not all items pictured). Tackle box friendly. (does not include tackle box)

Large Tackle Box  (Plano #3700) 14"Lx9.13"Wx2"H 

Math

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COUNTING/Intro to Counting

Teaching from a Tackle Box Collection - Mini Red and Blue Rods, Spindle Cards, Sandpaper Numerals, Cards and Counters, Memory Game, Teens Cards, Tens Cards. Includes tackle box. The organization and use of these materials is a Livable Learning original design. 

Large Tackle Box  (Plano #3700) 14"Lx9.13"Wx2"H 

 

COUNTING - Hundred and Thousand Chains

Hundred and Thousand Chains

 

COUNTING - Square and Cube Chains #1-9

Square and Cube Chains

 

COUNTING - Hundred and Thousand Arrows

To be used with the 100 Chain and 1000 Chain, aka the short and long chains for 100 (square of 10) and 1000 (cube of 1000). Hierarchically colored with blue for tens and red for hundreds. The use of these materials is a Livable Learning original design.

Mini 9 Tackle Box  (Plano #3500) 13"Lx5"Wx1.25"H  

COUNTING - Square and Cube Arrows

To be used with the Square and Cube bead chains, aka the short and long chains. The use of these materials is a Livable Learning original design.

Mini 9 Tackle Box  (Plano #3500) 13"Lx5"Wx1.25"H  

DECIMAL SYSTEM - Numeral Cards

Numeral Cards - basic starter set of hierarchical numeral cards - to be used in the Bank Game - with the Golden Bead or Base Ten materials. Includes one large set of numbers through 9999 and three small sets of numbers though 9999 for operations with large numbers.

Large Tackle Box  (Plano #3700) 14"Lx9.13"Wx2"H

 

DECIMAL SYSTEM - Golden Bead Set

Complete set of Golden Bead materials made with 10mm faceted beads. 100 golden unit beads,  45 ten bars, 55 hundred squares, and 10 thousand cubes.

DECIMAL SYSTEM - Stamp Game

Laminated number cards, colored plastic divisor skittles and colored place holder discs.

Small Tackle Box  (Plano #3705) 9"Lx7"Wx2"H

MATH FACTS - Snake Game/Counting tens

Teaching from a Tackle Box Collection. Complete set of 10 mm faceted beads for the Positive, Subtraction and Negative Snake Games. Complete set includes five sets of positive bead bars #1-9, five sets of negative bead bars #1-9, twenty-three golden ten bead bars, twenty-three negative ten bead bars, one black and white positive remainder bead stair #1-9 and one red and white negative remainder bead stair #1-9. See online videos HERE.  

Large Tackle Box  (Plano #3700) 14"Lx9.13"Wx2"H

MATH FACTS - Presentation summaries

Math Facts Presentation Summaries - Printed summaries for the use of each Math Facts material.

MATH FACTS - Boards - made with a base of aircraft plywood and cork. Laminated finish. Foam backed laminated paper strips for the Addition and Subtraction Boards and using push pins instead of the traditional beads for the Multiplication and Division Boards. The use of these materials is a Livable Learning original design.

 6 x 12" Addition and Subtraction Boards: Addition Board and Strips (blue) and Subtraction Board and Strips (red)

 12 x 12" Addition and Subtraction Boards: Multiplication Board and Pins (red) and Division Board and Pins (green)

MATH FACTS - Charts - Laminated Charts with optional color coded folders. Each set includes color-coded foam-backed number tiles for use with the blank charts. Folders not included with individual sets of charts.

MATH FACTS - Tables Cards - Laminated cards for Math Facts practice. Use alone or with Math Facts Boards. Addition - red, Subtraction - green, Multiplication - yellow, Division - blue.

MATH FACTS - Tables Booklets - Staple bound booklets for student recording and practice. Inside pages have the same layout as the Tables Cards. Each set contains 10 identical booklets for student practice.

MATH FACTS - Equations Cards - Laminated cards for Math Facts practice. Use alone or with Math Facts Boards. Addition - red, Subtraction - green, Multiplication - yellow, Division - blue.

Small Tackle Box  (Plano #3705) 9"Lx7"Wx2"H 

Culture

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CLOCK TIME - presentation summaries

Clock Time Presentation Summaries - Printed summaries for the use of each of the clock time material.

Golf Tee CLOCK and storage board

(JMJ # HS702)  Made with a base of aircraft plywood and Styrofoam. Laminated finish on both clock board and tee storage board. Removable clock hands. The use of these materials is a Livable Learning original design. This clock is used to teach minutes time.

 

Parts of a Clock - 3 PART CARDS

(JMJ # HS703)  Laminated cards for learning the parts of a clock: the clock, clock face, hours, hour hand, minutes, minutes hand, seconds, second hand. Designed to be stored in jewel CD cases (CD cases not included).

 

Clock Time MINUTES TASK CARDS

(JMJ # HS704)  Set of 720 laminated cards for Clock Time practice with minutes time. Store in a fishbowl and use with Golf tee clock.

Glass Fishbowl  

Clock Time QUARTER HOUR DISC set

(JMJ # HS705)  Three sets of quarter hour clock time discs with analog, digital and written time. Set of discs for five minutes time with twelve blue bead bars and two sets of numbered discs with Arabic and Roman numerals. 

Medium Tackle Box  (#3600) 11"Lx7.25"Wx1.75"H 

Accessories

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Glass Fishbowl  

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Mini 5 Tackle Box  (Plano #3449-85) 6.5"Lx3.75"Wx1.13"H  

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Mini 6 Tackle Box  (Plano #3450-16) 8.25"Lx4.25"Wx1.38"H  

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Mini 9 Tackle Box  (Plano #3500) 13"Lx5"Wx1.25"H

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Small Tackle Box  (Plano #3705) 9"Lx7"Wx2"H

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Medium Tackle Box  (Plano #3600) 11"Lx7.25"Wx1.75"H 

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Large Tackle Box  (Plano #3700) 14"Lx9.13"Wx2"H

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Large&Shallow Tackle Box  (Plano #3701)  14"Lx9.13"Wx1.38"H  

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Large&Deep/SingleC Tackle Box  (Plano #3731)  14"Lx9.13"Wx1.38"H 

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Large&Deep Tackle Box  (Plano #3730)  14"Lx9.13"Wx3.25"H

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2-Level Satchel  Tackle Box  (Plano #1155)  16.88"Lx5"Wx12"H  

 

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Tackle Box, Tackle box - which one to use???

Plano 2-3700 (14"L x 9.13"W x 2"H)

Four horizontal rows with up to 12 compartments per row.

 

MATH (Plano 2-3700)          Large Tackle Box

 
Intro to Counting Snake Game  

 

LANGUAGE (Plano 2-3700)          Large Tackle Box

 
Movable Alphabet Greek Movable Alphabet  

Shimano  brand SHM 370-24 may also work.   

Plano 3705 (9"L x 7."W x 2"H)   

Four vertical rows with up to 4 compartments per row.

 

MATH (Plano 3705)          Small Tackle Box

 
Equations Slips Stamp Game  

 

LANGUAGE (Plano 3705)          Small Tackle Box

 

 
Sight Words    

Plano 3500 (9.13"L x 5"W x 1.25"H)   

Three horizontal rows with up to 6 compartments per row.

 

MATH (Plano 3500)          Mini 9 Tackle Box

 

 
Square and Cube Chain Arrows    

Plano 2-3600 (11"L x 7.25"W x 1.75"H)   

Six vertical rows with up to 6 compartments per row.

 
 

CULTURE (Plano 2-3600)          Medium Tackle Box

 

 
Quarter Hour Clock Discs    

 

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This is the text we used for Cycle I of Spiritual Preparation - Preparing the Heart and the Home at the Livable Learning egroup.

Lessons of St. Francis: How to Bring Simplicity and Spirituality into Your Daily Life

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