I need some education...

We're in the process of setting up the new Montessori materials that we've received. Elena is very excited about learning to use all of them. Of course, this means that my mother and I have to learn how to present them (though I suspect that my mother will gravitate more toward doing some of the read-aloud and craft stuff on the more Sonlight side of our curriculum rather than the Montessori presentations, but who knows). One foundational thing I'm trying to get a good grasp of is the "Three Period Lesson." http://www.infomontessori.com/sensorial/three-period-lesson.htm is a good, relatively detailed description of how it works, but here's the summary I'm trying to get solidified in my head:

1. Naming: "This is an ovoid. This is a square. This is a triangle."

2. Recognition: "Point to [hand me] the ovoid. Point to the triangle. Point to the square."

3. Recall: Instructor points, asking "What is this?" (Requiring the child to come up with the name).

1. This is... 2. Show me... 3. What is this?

I'm prepping to do this with the new teen bead materials ("This is eleven..."). See http://www.infomontessori.com/mathematics/skip-and-counting-teens-quantity.htm

We've also been looking at the new puzzle maps. I haven't looked up the official presentations for these yet, but have allowed Elena to take out (and then put back) the pieces on the continents map while I give her the names and have her repeat them (I suppose in a sense, this is step one of the three period lesson). What this has really highlighted to me, though, is my general lack of good geography skills. I did know all the continents, but I had to look up some of the countries on South America (the easiest continent, in my opinion), and that was the only continent I was even CLOSE to knowing all the countries on. But this is part of the joy of homeschooling--getting to learn along with one's child! Because there's no shame in 1. not knowing everything and 2. showing your child how you find out information.