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Montessori activities

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My educational style and philosophy has been greatly influenced by the work of Maria Montessori. Although I am not a professionally trained Montessorian, I have read a lot about Montessori and have taken an online Montessori course through KHT Montessori to learn more. Some of the things that most attract me to the Montessori way of educating kids include:

  • Montessori education is hands-on
  • Montessori education teaches children to work independently
  • Montessori education meets the child at his or her level (rather than requiring all children to work at the same level just because they are the same age or in the same grade)
  • Montessori education follows the lead of the child
  • Montessori education is a proven approach

For these reasons and more, I have adopted a Montessori approach to many of the activities that I do with my kids. We have shelves in one room of our house that we use to display our Montessori materials. I regularly change the activities on our shelves, usually to match an upcoming holiday or thematic unit I am working on with my kids. Links to all of my posts featuring Montessori activities can be found on this page.

Montessori activities including Montessori-inspired thematic activities (for holidays and other learning themes) as well as some great practical life activities for kids. This page is a great resource for the Montessori homeschooler! || Gift of Curiosity

Below is a list of Montessori activities that have been featured at Gift of Curiosity. Click an image to be taken directly to the post related to each activity.

Montessori activities

  • Apple Montessori Activities
  • Ocean Montessori activities
  • Farm Montessori activities
  • Pirate Montessori Activities
  • Montessori caves unit
  • Winter Montessori activities
  • Valentine Montessori activities
  • Easter Montessori activities
  • 4th of July Montessori activities
  • Halloween Montessori activities
  • Christmas Montessori activities
  • Our Montessori shelves
  • On our Montessori shelves 1
  • On our Montessori shelves 2
  • Montessori-inspired activities
  • Matching and ordering by size
  • Counting in circles

Montessori sensorial activities

  • First Montessori sensorial activities
  • Sense of smell - smelling bottles
  • Sense of taste - tasting bottles
  • Sense of hearing - making music
  • Sense of sight - color grading
  • Sense of touch - identifying 3D shapes
  • Sense of touch - sandpaper grading
  • Sense of touch - thermic glasses
  • Matching and ordering by size
  • Identifying letters by touch

Montessori practical life activities

  • 9 practical life activities using food
  • Practical life in the kitchen
  • How to assemble a flashlight
  • Everyday practical life activities

Montessori geography activities

  • Introduction to air, land, and water
  • Montessori landform activities
  • Montessori continents printables
  • Montessori continents activities
  • Animals and their continents
  • Montessori mapping activities
  • Directionality activities
  • Land, air, and water animals sorting cards
  • Land, Air, and Water transportation cards

Montessori science activities

  • Intro to living and nonliving
  • Intro to once living
  • Learning about the parts of corn
  • Montessori caves unit
  • Weather 3-Part Cards
  • Vertebrates vs invertebrates
  • Farm Animal 3-Part Cards
  • Arctic Animals 3-Part Cards
  • What Animal Am I?

Montessori language activities

  • Language activities using small objects
  • Montessori sandpaper letters
  • Letter pin punching pages
  • Counting syllables with mini objects
  • Sentence Challenges

Montessori printables

  • Montessori continents printables
  • Animals and their continents
  • Ant 3-Part Cards
  • Solar System 3-Part Cards
  • Matching and ordering by size
  • Letter pin punching pages
  • Moon phases printables
  • Weather 3-Part Cards
  • Vertebrates vs invertebrates
  • Ocean animals 3-part cards and book
  • Intro to once living
  • Learning about the parts of corn
  • Letter case matching clip cards
  • Beginning Sounds Alphabet Clip Cards
  • Constellations 3-Part Cards
  • Constellations pin punching
  • Farm Animal 3-Part Cards
  • Halloween 3-Part Cards
  • Christmas 3-Part Cards
  • Arctic Animals Montessori Book
  • Arctic Animals 3-Part Cards
  • Internal Organs 3-Part Cards
  • Human Body Systems 3-Part Cards
  • Human Body 3-Part Cards
  • What Animal Am I?

Where to buy Montessori materials

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For Small Hands - A Resource for Families

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Comments

  1. Claire says

    September 6, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    Love this page. So helpful as I’ll be setting up Montessori trays for the 1st time ever for my child no. 3. I’m finally getting round to doing it 🙂

    Reply
    • Katie SG says

      September 6, 2016 at 10:12 pm

      Good luck and have fun with it!

      Reply

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