10 kolovoza 2010

100 sljedbenika! / 100 followers!




Zeljela bih zahvaliti svim sljedbenicima i onima koji to nisu, ali redovito citaju moj blog (a znam da ih ima dosta jer osobno dobivam povratne informacije). 
Zahvaljujuci ovom blogu stekla sam (virtualna) poznanstva s mnogim dragim ljudima sirom svijeta.
Takoder moram spomenuti da me vesele svi komentari koje citam na svom blogu. 
Hvala vam na podrsci u pisanju i stvaranju novih aktivnosti za djecu!
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I would like to thank all the followers and those who are not, but read my blog regulary (and I know that there are a lot of them, because I get feedback personally). 
Thanks to this blog I have acquired a (virtual) acquaintance with many nice and precious people here, in Croatia, and around the world.
Also, I must mention that I look forward to reading all the comments you are leaving me.
Thank you for your support in writing and creating new activities for the kids!

07 kolovoza 2010

Update linkova / Links update

Napravila sam mali update linkova Blogovi koje volim, Zanimljive stranice i Zanimljive knjige (linkove ćete pronaći na lijevom sidebaru).
Nadam se da ćete pronaći nešto zanimljivo za sebe :-)

I made a little links update for My blog list, Interesting sites and Interesting books (you'll find links (buttons) on the left sidebar).
I hope you'll find something interesting for yourself :-)


04 kolovoza 2010

Brojevne gredice / Number Rods



Brojevne gredice su prvi matematički pribor s kojim se djeca susreću u Montessori grupi. Pomoću njih djeca taktilno i vizualno percipiraju količinu od 1 do 10, te uče redoslijed od 1 do 10. Svaka gredica označava jedan broj. 
Pribor se sastoji od 10 drvenih gredica - najmanji broj, jedan, ima 10 cm, a najveći broj, deset, ima 1 m. Brojevne gredice se razlikuju od crvenih gredica (iz senzomotorike) po tome što su naizmjenično obojani u crvenu i plavu boju (10 cm crvena boja, 10 cm plava boja itd.). 
Djeca s ovim priborom počinju raditi s cca 4 godine.
U slučaju jako slabovidne ili čak slijepe djece preporučuju se glatko-hrapave gredice kako bi ih dijete lakše opipom razlikovalo ili pak brojevne gredice s velikim kontrastom između boja (npr. gredice su žuto-plave).
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Number rods are first math material that children face in Montessori classroom. They allow children tactile and visual perception of the amount of 1-10, and learn the order of 1-10. Each rod means single number.
Material consist of 10 wooden rods - the smallest number, one, is 10 cm, while the biggest number, ten, is 1 m long. Number rods differ from red rods (sensorial): they are painted in alternating red and blue (10 cm red, 10 cm blue, etc.).
Children starting to work with this equipment with about 4 years.
In the case of very impaired or even blind children are recommended smooth-rough rods, which is easier to differ, or number rods with a high contrast between the colors (eg. yellow and blue rods)

Brojevne gredice se do tepiha nose na isti način kao i crvene gredice (postupak nošenja je objašnjen u postu o crvenim gredicama).
Kad crvene gredice donosimo na tepih, polažemo ih bez nekog reda. 
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We carry the number rods to the mat in the same way as the red rods (the carrying procedure is explained in post about red rods). 
When we bring the red rods on the carpet, we lays them on the carpet strewn: 


Kad su sve gredice na tepihu, slažemo ih po dužini - od početka tepiha (počinjemo s najdužom gredicom uz gornji rub tepiha. Ostale slažemo nakon nje, prema sebi). Djetetu treba reći da se preko brojevnih gredica ne prelazi dlanom kao preko crvenih gredica jer uz ovaj pribor ne očimo o dužini, učimo brojeve. Zbog toga bi bilo dobro da prvu (ili prve dvije) gredicu slaže odgojitelj, a ostale može dijete.
Također je bitno da je crveni segment svih gredica uvijek s lijeve strane.
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When all the red rods are on the carpet, we put them by the length from the beginning of the mat (start with the longest red rod along the upper edge of the carpet. We put other upon it, to ourself). The child must be said thad we do not cross with our palm along the entire length of number rods, because with this material we don't learn about the length, we learn the numbers. Therefore, it would be good if the first (or first two) number rods put teacher, other rods can put a child.
It is also important that the red segment of all the number rods is always on the left.

Kad su sve gredice složene, provodimo lekciju u tri stupnja:
When all the number rods are complex, we are implementing a three period lesson: 
1. 
Izdvajamo tri najkraće gredice i s punim dlanom obuhvatimo najmanju brojevnu gredicu - kažemo "Jedan". Dijete, ako želi, ponavlja za nama (nakon svake gredice). Zatim uzimamo drugu gredicu i uhvatimo ju prvo za crveni segment i kažemo "Jedan", pa za plavi i kažemo "Dva". Uzimamo treću gredicu te govorimo "Jedan, dva, tri", hvatajući svaki segment; počinjemo s lijeve strane.
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Emphasize three shortest rods and place a full palm on the smallest number rod - then we say "One." The child, if she want repeats after teacher (after each rod). Then take the next rod and catch it first for the red segment and say "One", and then the blue segment and say "Two." We take the third rod saying, "One, two, three", catching each segment; we start with the left side of the rod. 


2.
Dijete nam po nalogu pokazuje, opipava, nosi (ili sl.) broj. / The child shows us, palpated, wearing (or similar) number on our command. 

3.
Dijete imenuje broj koji mu pokažemo. / The child says the name of te number we show him.

Ako je dijete zainteresirano, možemo nastaviti s brojevima većim od 3. Bitno je da su uvijek 2 poznata broja i samo 1 nepoznat.
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If a child is interested, we can proceed with greater numbers than 3. It is essential that there are always 2 numbers known and only 1 unknown. 

I s ovim priborom možemo napraviti mnoge zanimljive dodatne vježbe. Evo nekih koje su meni omiljene:
You can do with this equipment interesting extensions, too. Here are some that are my favorites: 
  • brojanje i hvatanje samo crvenih ili samo plavih segmenata na svim brojevnim gredicama (ovu vježbu nudimo djeci kad su naučila brojati više od 20)  /  counting and catching only red or only blue segments, numbering in all number rods (we offer the children this exercise when they learned to count more than 20) 
  • slaganje brojevnih gredica na udaljenim tepisima. Jedan tepih je prazan. Kod njega stoji starije dijete ili odgojitelj koji zadaju koju brojevnu gredicu treba donijeti (npr. donesi mi broj 5). Dijete donosi zadanu gredicu na prazan tepih i segmente broji na glas. Zahtjevnija varijanta je kad kažemo npr. Donesi broj 14. Tada treba donijeti dvije gredice čiji je zbroj 14 - npr. gredice br. 10 i br. 4. / working on two distant carpets. One carpet is empty. Next to it is an older child or educator who say command - which number rod should she bring (eg, bring me number 5). A child brings red rod on the empty carpet and count the segments out loud. The severe version is to say,for eg. Bring number 14. Then child has to bring the two number rods which is the sum of 14 - eg, rods no. 10 and no.4. 
  • donošenje gredice za 1 broj veće ili manje od zadane (djetetu kažemo: Donesi gredicu koja je za jedno polje manja od ove.)  /  bringing number rods bigger or smaller for a number than the default (Bring me number rod that is for one number/field smaller than this one.) 
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03 kolovoza 2010

The Versatile Blogger Award


N (The Learning Ark) mi je dala nekoliko nagrada. Budući da sam o Sweet Blog Award i o Outstanding Blogger Award već pisala, ovaj put pišem post o The Versatile Blogger Award za svestrane bloggere.
N, puno ti hvala za ove lijepe nagrade! Uživam čitajući tvoj zanimljiv i inspirativan blog. Svima koji još nisu, preporučujem da svrate na blog The Learning Ark jer je pun zanimljivih Montessori aktivnosti.
N (The Learning Ark) gave me some awards. Since I already wrote about the Sweet Blog Award and Outstanding Blogger Award, this time I write a post about The Versatile Blogger Award. 
N, thank you very much for these beautiful awards! I enjoy reading your interesting and inspiring blog. For all those who have not yet, I recommend you stop by the blog The Learning Ark because it is full of interesting Montessori activities. 


Pravila nagrade su / The rules are:
- Give this award to 10 sweet bloggers.
- Make a post about the award including the picture and mention the person who gave it to you.
- Put the award on your blog.

- Let your nominated 10 know you’ve awarded them by leaving a comment on their blog.

The Versatile Blogger Award dajem ovim blogovima (trudila sam se izabrati one koji još nemaju ovu nagradu):
The Versatile Blogger Award I give these blogs (I tried to choose those who do not already have this award): 

Edit (9.8.2010.): Zahvaljujem i Alison (Itsy Bitsy Learners) na The Versatile Blogger Award. Ako još niste, pogledajte njen blog - pun je zanimljivih aktivnosti i korisnih savjeta.
I thank Alison (Itsy Bitsy Learners) on The Versatile Blogger Award, too. If you have not already, check her blog - full of interesting activities and useful tips. 

31 srpnja 2010

Crvene gredice / The Red Rods



Pribor za rad se sastoji od deset crvenih štapova (gredica) koje se razlikuju u samo jednoj dimenziji - dužini. Najduža crvena gredica ima 1 m, a najkraća 10 cm. Glavni cilj ove Montessori vježbe je razlikovanje djetetu apstraktnih pojmova d u g a č k o  i  kratko. Kao i ružičasti toranj i smeđe stepenice, i ovu vježbu djeca rade od prvog dolaska u vrtić (mogu ju raditi od 2,5 godine).
Material for the work consists of ten red rods, which differ in only one dimension - length. Longest red rod is 1 m, and the shortest 10 cm. The main purpose of this Montessori exercise is to distinguish abstract concepts of  l o n g  and short. The children can work with this material from their first arrival at school (from 2.5 years). 

Kratke gredice na tepih donosimo s obje ruke, ispruženih dlanova. Dugačke gredice nosimo na isti način (dijete gredicu uhvati dokle može dosegnuti s rukama: mala djeca nisu u mogućnosti dohvatiti krajeve), ili okomito ispred sebe (ja sugeriram taj način zbog sigurnosti u grupi - da ne bi bilo ozljeđenih; naime najčešće imamo 20 ili više prisutne djece pa je malo prostora). Moram priznati da je bolji prvi način zbog osjećaja za dužinu, ali sve ovisi o uvjetima:
We bring short rods on the carpet with both hands, palms outstretched. We are carrying long rods the same way (the child reach with hands where she can: very young children are not able to reach ends), or vertically in front of you (I suggest this way for the safety of the group - to prevent injuries; in fact, we have 20 or more children every day present, so there is a little space). I must admit it is better the first way because of feeling for the length, but it all depends on the conditions: 



Kad crvene gredice donosimo na tepih, polažemo ih bez nekog reda:
When we bring the red rods on the carpet, we lays them on the carpet strewn: 

Kad su sve gredice na tepihu, slažemo ih po dužini - od početka tepiha (počinjemo s najdužom gredicom uz gornji rub tepiha. Ostale slažemo nakon nje, prema sebi).
Gredicu koju ćemo složiti ne stavljamo odmah uz prethodnu, već ju stavimo na malu udaljenost od prethodne (već složene) gredice i dlanom prelazimo duž cijele gredice. Tada ju prislonimo uz prethodnu. Ovo je dobar način da dijete uoči razliku u dužini između gredica (i komparira: npr. dugačak, duži, najduži)ako ih je nosilo do tepiha u okomitom položaju (kao što sam opisala iznad).
When all the red rods are on the carpet, we put them by the length from the beginning of the mat (start with the longest red rod along the upper edge of the carpet. We put other upon it, to ourself). 
We do not put next red rod right by the previous, but put it on a small distance from the previous (already arranged) red rod  and cross with palm along the entire length of red rod. Then we lean it to the previous. This is a good way for the child to see and feel the difference in length between the red rods (and compared: eg. long, longer, longest) when they were carried to the mat in a vertical position (as I described above). 

Kad su sve gredice složene, dijete obilazi tepih i gleda kako pribor izgleda iz ptičje perspektive.
When all the beams are done, a child is walking around the carpet and watch how this material looks from a bird's perspective. 


Kontrola pogreške se (osim vizualnim putem) obavlja i s najkraćom gredicom. Njome klizimo uz ostale gredice kako bismo vidjeli da li razmak odgovara duljini najkraće gredice.
Control of error is (except visually) done also with the shortest red rod. We slides with it along with other red rods to see if a space corresponding to the length of the shortest red rod. 



Na kraju, gredice vraćamo na policu počevši od najduže.
In the end, we put red rods back on the shelf, starting with the longest.

Djeca vole razne dodatne vježbe:
Kids love a variety of additional exercises:
  • mjerenje različitih predmeta ili dječje visine pomoću crvenih gredica / measurement of various items or children's height with red rods 
  • slaganje crvenih gredica na udaljenim tepisima / working on two distant carpets
  • slaganje labirinta - djeca kroz labirint hodaju ili puze. Budući da nije velik razmak, usavršavaju kontrolu pokreta, osjećaj za ravnotežu, balansiraju:  /  setting up a maze - kids walking or crawling through the maze. Since there is not much space, improve control of movement, sense of balance:
  • slaganje crvenih gredica s povezom na očima / working blindfolded
  • kombiniranje crvenih gredica sa smeđim stepenicama (ovaj način slaganja djecu najčešće podsjeća na bor ili antenu):  /  combine red rods with brown stairs (usually, this way often reminiscent of pine or antenna): 

25 srpnja 2010

Rješavanje sukoba među djecom / Dealing with conflict

Pilar (Montessori Matters) je napisala članak na MariaMontessori.com o tome kako riješiti konflikte među djecom. Članak je po mom mišljenju koristan i opisan način rješavanja konflikta među djecom se može primijeniti i kod kuće i u vrtiću.
Ako vas zanima, pročitajte: Conflict: Break It Up And Break It Down

Pilar (Montessori Matters) wrote an article on MariaMontessori.com on how to resolve conflicts between children. In my opinion, this article is useful and that way of resolving conflict between children can be applied both at home and kindergartens.
If you are interested, read: Conflict: Break It Up And Break It Down

24 srpnja 2010

Planet Zemlja II.


Već sam prije pisala o nekim aktivnostima na temu Planeta Zemlja. Ovaj put ću predstaviti knjige i dječje enciklopedije koje smo najčešće koristili.
I have already written about some activities on planet Earth. This time I will present children's books and encyclopedias, which we commonly used. 



Priča, priča, pričica... je knjiga s pričama o divljim životinjama iz cijelog svijeta. Ilustracije mi se nisu svidjele (djeci su se svidjele, ali nisu kvalitetne), ali su priče zgodne:
Priča, priča, pričica... is a book with stories about wild animals from around the world. I did not like illustrations (the kids liked, but illustrations are not of high quality), but the stories are nice: 

Kolegica je kupila ovu kvalitetnu knjigu koja opisuje običaje i način života širom svijeta. Fotografije su također predivne:
Colleague has purchased this high quality book that describes the customs and lifestyles around the world. The photographs are also beautiful: 

Poster povodom Dana planeta Zemlje (iz časopisa Zvrk) - gornji dio je čist i nezagađen, a donji je zagađen, pun tvornica:
Poster on the occasion of Earth Day (from the magazine Zvrk) - The upper part is clean and unpolluted, and the bottom is polluted, full of factories: 

Praktični život: nizanje kontinenata (kontinenti su izrezani od kolaž papira i plastificirani). Djeci se ova aktivnost jako svidjela:
Practical life: stringing of the continents - instead of beads (the continents are cut from paper and laminated). The children are really liked this activity: 




2 nove nagrade.../2 new awards...

Zahvaljujem Colleen (Sunrise Learning Lab) na ovoj zgodnoj nagradi koju je sama napravila. Njezina djeca su nacrtala životinje! Preporučujem svima da skoknu do njenog bloga i pročitaju o njezinim aktivnostima i dogodovštinama s djecom.
I thank Colleen (Sunrise Learning Lab) on this cute award which she did by herself. Her children are drawn animals! I recommend everyone to pop by her blog and read about her activities and adventures with children. 

Nagradu Wild about your blog prosljeđujem:

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Nagradu A Blog With Substance su mi dale Sandy (Raising Ian) i Min (Joyful Learner).
Sandy (Raising Ian) and Min (Joyful Learner) gave me A Blog With Substance Award.
Here are the rules of the award: 
Rule number 1: Thank the blogger who awarded it to you.
Veliko hvala Sandy (Raising Ian). Tek sam nedavno otkrila njen blog. Zaista je zanimljiv, preporučujem da svratite tamo i pogledate zanimljive Montessori aktivnosti koje Sandy radi s Ianom.
Joyful Learner je odavno moj omiljen blog i većini ljudi koji čitaju Montessori blogove vjerojatno poznat. Ako još ipak niste nikad bili tamo, preporučujem da pogledate o čemu Min piše. Min, hvala na nagradi.
A big thank to Sandy (Raising Ian). I just recently discovered her blog. It is really interesting, I recommend you stop by there and look at interesting Montessori activities that Sandy is working with Ian. 
Joyful Learner has long been my favorite blog and most people who read Montessori blogs probably  known about it. If you still have never been there, I recommend you look at what Min writes. Min, thanks for the award. 

Rule number 2: Sum up your blogging philosophy, motivation, and experience using five words. 
Promatranje, inoviranje, kreiranje, uživanje, opuštanje.
Observation, innovation, creation, enjoyment, relaxation. 

Rule number 3: Pass it on to 10 other blogs which you feel have real substance.


Moj svijet salveta i cvijeća

Također zahvaljujem Montessori en el hogar jer sam i od nje dobila nagrade Sweet blog i Outstanding Blog Award o kojima sam pisala u prethodnim postovima.


I also thank Montessori en el hogar because I also received awards from her: Sweet Blog Award and Outstanding Blog Award. I wrote about these awards in previous posts. 

18 srpnja 2010

Outstanding Blogger Award


Discovering Montessori (The Work Plan) i Willandre (maman kangourou) su mi proslijedile Outstanding Blogger Award. Puno im se zahvaljujem i preporučujem svima koje zanima Montessori da svrate na ove, meni, jako zanimljive i poučne blogove.
Discovering Montessori (The Work Plan) and Willandre (maman kangourou) forwarded Outstanding Blogger Award to me. I thank them a lot and I recommend anyone interested in Montessori to check out these, to me, very interesting and informative blogs. 

Pravila ove nagrade su:
The rules are:
1. Say thanks to the person who gave me this award.
2. Share 7 things about myself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who I have recently discovered and think are fantastic!


1.   
Hvala, Discovering Montessori i Willandre. Aktivnosti na vašim blogovima su često inspiracija za aktivnosti koje radim s djecom u vrtiću.
Thanks, Discovering Montessori and Willandre. Activities on your blogs are often the inspiration for activities that I'm doing with "my" children in kindergarten. 


2.   
  1. Moje omiljeno godišnje doba je ljeto. / My favorite season is summer. 
  2. Volim fotografirati. / I love to photograph.
  3. Moj blog se zove Leptir jer se tako zove soba u kojoj radim u vrtiću. / My blog is called  Leptir (Butterfly) because it is the name of the room where I work in kindergarten.
  4. Izrada Montessori pribora me opušta (ako se ne trebam žuriti). / Making Montessori equipment relaxes me (if I do'nt need to rush).  
  5. Jako pazim na boje i estetiku kad osmišljavam Montessori vježbe (koliko mi moje financijske prilike dopuštaju), smeta me ako pribor nije oku ugodan. / I'm very careful in choosing colors and about aesthetics when I design my Montessori exercises (as my present financial circumstances allow), it bothers me if material doesn't look nice.
  6. Volim kupovati u shopping centrima. / I like to shop in shopping malls.
  7. Obožavam izlete i putovanja. / I love love love love excursions and travels.

3.   
Ovo pravilo, na žalost, isključuje mnoge izvrsne blogove koje dugo čitam. Nagradu dajem izvrsnim blogovima koje sam relativno nedavno "otkrila": 
This rule, unfortunately, excludes many excellent blogs that I read a long time. I'm giving The Outstanding Blogger Award to 15 outstanding blogs that I have relatively recently "discovered": 

17 srpnja 2010

Sweet Blog Award

Vratila sam se s prvog dijela godišnjeg odmora! U slijedećem postu ću staviti nekoliko fotografija s ljetovanja, a u ovom postu ću se pohvaliti s novom blogerskom nagradom.

I returned from the first part of my vacation! In the next post I'll put a few photos from vacation, and in this post I will boast a new blogging award. 


Kaća (Moj svijet salveta i cvijeća) me razveselila s nagradom Sweet Blog Award:
Kaća (My world of napkins and flowers) cheer me up with Sweet Blog Award: 


Pravila nagrade su:
-proslijedi nagradu na 10 blogera(ica), 
-napiši post o nagradi, tko ti ju je dodijelio i stavi slikicu, 
-blogere koje si nagradila obavijesti preko komentara na njihovom blogu.

The rules: 
- Give this award to 10 sweet bloggers.
- Make a post about the award including the picture and mention the person who gave it to you.
- Put the award on your blog.
- Let your nominated 10 know you’ve awarded them by leaving a comment on their blog.

Nagradu prosljeđujem ovim blogovima (opet sam nominirala više od 10, ali zaista se ne mogu ograničiti samo na toliko) / (again, I have nominated more blogs, but I really can not be restricted only to 10) :