My activity today is an extension of the Montessori continent box. If you’d like to do a unit study of a specific state or the entire United States, a state box, basket, or tray would work well to highlight each state you study. My Montessori-inspired state box is my activity for both Montessori Monday (Montessori…
I’ve loved Dr. Seuss books for many years. And Dr. Seuss books were some of my now-adult children’s favorite books, too. The books in the photo are Dr. Seuss books that were lovingly read over and over in our home. If you’re wondering how they still look as good as they do, you can find…
Studying individual continents is an activity that even preschoolers can enjoy. In Montessori education, children begin their study of continents with the continent globe and continent map before studying individual continents through specific continent maps and continent boxes. For posts with lots of DIY continent ideas, see DIY Montessori Globes, Continent Map Work, and Montessori…
The Chinese New Year starts soon, and it’s a good time to prepare activities to celebrate. Montessori-inspired activities work well because you can prepare an activity tray to use for as many days or weeks as you wish. Following are some Montessori-inspired printables and activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year): Montessori-Inspired…
Montessori thermic materials are great for any time of the year. Of course, an extra focus in winter or summer makes sense, since there’s an extra focus on temperature in those seasons already. Thermic bottles and thermic tablets are traditional Montessori sensorial materials. For most homeschools and other schools, thermic bottles can be prepared without…
“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.” Maria Montessori A peace corner is perfect for homes as well as schools. It can be used for conflict resolution, encouraging a peaceful environment, and instilling peaceful habits and attitudes in children. A peace corner (whether or…
Winter is a great time for playdough activities with either regular playdough or snow dough. You can easily set up a Montessori-inspired playdough activity on a tray or as a separate playdough table. For ideas on creating Montessori-inspired playdough activities in general, see my original playdough roundup: Montessori-Inspired Playdough Activities 101. Following are some fun…
Welcome to the ABCs of Montessori! At my ABCs of Montessori page, you’ll find more about my series as well as the entire ABCs of … series by 60+ bloggers from Kid Blogger Network! Today, I’m sharing A-H. Below, I’ll be using the lowercase letters (except where they’re naturally uppercase in a word) in the…
Happy almost New Year! Today, I want to share some Montessori-inspired activities to start off the New Year. Some of the activities are for New Year’s Eve while others are for themes that work well for the beginning of the year. Montessori-Inspired Activities for the New Year Montessori-Inspired New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day Activities The…
My kids always loved to make special gifts for family members at Christmas. From the time they were preschoolers on, they wrapped the gifts they made, too. It made my life a bit easier and was a fun and special activity for my kids. Whether or not your kids have special presents to wrap, you…
I'm Deb Chitwood. My header photo models are my children, Christina, at 1 1/2, my son, Will, at 3, and Christina again at 16. Christina is now 22, and Will is 27. Please see the About Me page for more information about my family and me. Please see the About Montessori page for information about Montessori.
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