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Valentine Preschool Montessori Sorting Activity
Sorting is great for fine motor skill and problem solving cognitive development. I bought this tray at a local senior center consignment shop. The pail, the heart shaped container and the Xs and Os are...
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St. Patrick’s Day Montessori Sorting Activity
Holidays give added meaning to simple every day Montessori inspired activities. This St. Patrick’s themed sorting activity is one example. We used a lei I picked up from Dollar Tree. The lei was made...
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Montessori Inspired Easter Activities
Here are a few “back to the basics” Montessori Inspired Easter activities. With their lovely colors and texture, we used jelly beans as our base material with which to work, which, in all honesty was a...
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Montessori at Home {Blueberry Transfer}
We worked on our fine motor skills by transferring blueberries with a variety of tools” such as: Tongs Toothpicks Tweezers Tablespoon I presented the activity on a tray with two identical bowls. The...
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Whale Eating Krill Sensory Tub
We visited the amazing Natural History Museum in Brewster, Massachusetts last week. Among the number of wonderful exhibits and learning activities they offer children and adults was a Whale Eating...
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Montessori Shelves {December}
Oh, don’t we love the holiday season! I do. With that said, I get caught up in – to use a phrase my Montessori instructor used last weekend – the “March of the Units”. What she means is: September =...
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Montessori Practical Life: Introduction to Tweezing
Carry tray from shelf to table. Identify objects on tray. “This bowl has objects in it. This bowl is empty.” “This is a flower.” “Tongs.” Pick up tongs with dominant hands. Fingers on one side and...
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