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HOW TO SET UP A MONTESSORI INSPIRED SELF CARE STATION FOR YOUR TODDLER

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HOW TO SET UP A MONTESSORI INSPIRED SELF CARE STATION FOR YOUR TODDLER

I am thrilled to have a guest post about a Montessori Inspired Self Care Station on Mommy Moment today. I took my Casa (age 3-6) training in Montessori and when my daughters were little we had a very Montessori-inspired home. There are some basic things that any parent can do to create a Montessori environment in their…

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Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: Montessori, Montessori environment at home, Montessori Self Care, Montessori self care station, parenting, toddler independence, toddler self care

DIY Pencil Crayon Holder

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DIY Pencil Crayon Holder

If you are a parent or someone who is around children for any length of time, you are sure to know that kids have a fascination with toilet paper rolls. From pretend microphones to telescopes, the possibilities are endless. The kids were BIG helpers in this fun DIY project. How to make a Pencil Crayon…

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Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: crafts, crayons, DIY, home organization, kids crafts, Montessori, pencil crayon holder, recycled, storage, toilet paper roll crafts, toilet paper rolls

Make Your Own Lacing Cards

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Make Your Own Lacing Cards

Well, Christmas is over and we have MANY beautiful cards kept in a box. What to do with those cards? Reuse them for lacing cards! Your children will love looking at the photographs of their families, friends, and winter images while exercising fine motor skills. This fun can extend throughout the year. Collect interesting photographs…

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Filed Under: Crafts, Mondays Montessori Tagged With: crafts, how-to, lacing, lacing cards, Montessori, practical life

How to Use Montessori Knobless Cylinders

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How to Use Montessori Knobless Cylinders

The Knobless Cylinders are a Sensorial material, for discrimination of size. Cylinders are familiar to Montessori students, as other cylinders are the Knobbed Cylinders and the cylinder in the Geometric Solids. Work for discrimination of size include the Pink Tower and the Brown Stair, as well as any grading by size. The work of the…

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Filed Under: Mondays Montessori Tagged With: Knobless Cylinders, Montessori, preschool, preschool activities, sensorial

DIY Sequence Cards

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DIY Sequence Cards

    One of the most amazing things about Montessori is that the adult prepares the space and the materials specifically for that group of children.  My favorite thing about home is designing materials to suit my girls.  They are very into their own baby photos, so I created some sequence cards for them with…

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Filed Under: Mondays Montessori Tagged With: DIY, Language, Montessori, printable sequence cards, sequence cards

Winter Sets Basket, A Counting Activity

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Winter Sets Basket, A Counting Activity

The Montessori Sets Basket is a numeration tool,  for sorting and counting the numbers 0-10.  It is one of my favorite math activities, because it is so enticing for children to look at beautiful things while sorting and counting.  It is always fun to change this basket with seasons or unit studies.  At our house,…

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Filed Under: Mondays Montessori Tagged With: Counting, education, Math, Montessori, preschool, winter

The Aims of Metal Insets

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The Aims of Metal Insets

  For this week’s Montessori post, I’d like to share a little bit about a Language Material called Metal Insets.     Metal Insets are a classic Montessori Language Material, used for Motor Preparation for the ages of 3-6.  It is a work that is appropriate for the first year student, but is well loved…

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Filed Under: Mondays Montessori Tagged With: Language, Metal Insets, Montessori, writing

A Look at Practical Life Through Pictures!

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A Look at Practical Life Through Pictures!

The Practical Life Area in a Montessori Classroom or Montessori Home may look very simple, but it’s purposes are a foundation for Montessori Work and Materials throughout education. Each area of Practical Life carries the same goals for the child- the direct aims of Coordination, Cooperation, Concentration, and Independence. Everything here has its place, which…

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Filed Under: Mondays Montessori Tagged With: education, Montessori, practical life, preschool

Writing Fun with a Rainbow Name

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Writing Fun with a Rainbow Name

This is an activity I use with toddlers or three year olds, when they start to show an interest in writing their name. The Rainbow Name is a great activity for muscle memory in writing that I picked up from a fine motor workshop.  I found it a good fit in Montessori, as it will…

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Filed Under: Crafts, Mondays Montessori Tagged With: crafts, Language, Montessori

Cards and Counters

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This week, I’m sharing a Montessori Math Material called Cards and Counters.  This work can be made by anyone, with little or no cost.  The material is used for practicing counting with one-to-one correspondence and learning the concept of odd and even numbers. All you’ll need: Cards, labeled from 1-10 (mine, pictured here, are just…

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Filed Under: Mondays Montessori Tagged With: Mathematics, Montessori

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