Montessori-Inspired Corn Unit

Tweezing Indian Corn (Photo from Barefoot in Suburbia)

A corn unit study is great anytime in the autumn, although I especially like it during November. It works very well with a focus on the harvest, First Thanksgiving, and gratitude.

Here are some helpful Montessori-inspired resources from around the blogosphere.

Montessori Printables

I have a post with Free Montessori Botany Materials for a Gardening Unit, many of which work for a corn unit.

Montessori Print Shop has inexpensive Autumn Season Cards and Vegetable Cards.

Montessori for Everyone has inexpensive Plant Stories and Types of Grains Nomenclature Cards.

Montessori-Inspired Corn Activities

Barefoot in Suburbia has tweezing Indian corn (photo at the top of this post).

Scrubbing Indian Corn (Photo by Andrea Coventry)

I have an Activity of the Week – Scrubbing and Tweezing Indian Corn, featuring two articles by Andrea Coventry.

Andrea Coventry has published another Indian corn post since then: The Top Five Uses For Indian Corn In Montessori Practical Life.

Transferring Corn with Tweezers (Photo from Leptir)

Leptir has posts on Maize/Corn (photo) and Corn, Chestnuts.

Stringing Indian Corn Colored Beads (Photo from Little Wonders’ Days)

Little Wonders’ Days has a corn theme with many Montessori-inspired activities, including stringing Indian-corn-colored beads.

My Montessori Journey has Spooning Corn, Tweezing Corn, Indian Corn Art Project, Fall Bingo Game using field corn, Turkey Math Game using corn kernels, and Thanksgiving Story Bracelets (with a bead for corn).

Spooning Corn Kernels (Photo from Our Montessori Home)

Our Montessori Home has spooning and tweezing corn kernels.

Jocelyn Scotty has activities using corn in her Montessori Thanksgiving Activities for Young Children.

Pouring corn kernels (Photo from The Work Plan)

The Work Plan has a growing corn art project, pouring and tweezing corn kernels (photo), candy corn clothespins, and writing with cornmeal.

Montessori Buddy has corn transfer.

Carrots Are Orange has a corn kernel treasure bottle and an activity filling in letters with candy corn.

Seed Graphing (Photo from Counting Coconuts)

Counting Coconuts has pouring corn kernels, a November sensory tub with popcorn kernels, and seed graphing.

In his book Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-Fives, David Gettman has sorting grains.

Grain Matching (Photo from United Montessori Association)

United Montessori Association has grain matching.

Just Montessori has types of grains and grain foods matching and a corn art activity.

North American Montessori Center has a sample elementary botany lesson on Humans and Plants.

Montessori Muddle has Corn, Chemistry and the Food You Eat for middle and high school.

Corn Unit Study Pinterest Board

I’ve also started a Corn Unit Study board on Pinterest. I’ll be adding activities of all types and for many levels throughout November.

Have you been using any corn activities at home or school?
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