How I would have loved these resources during my years teaching in Montessori schools or in my own homeschool! I still find it amazing that there are so many free Montessori materials available online today. What great resources for parents and teachers alike!
The little experience I had with using free online downloads for teaching was wonderful. I had WAY too much fun during my 2006-07 master’s program in early childhood studies. Because I had completed my B.A. so many years ago (and before the Internet), it was almost magical for me to do much of my research online and find free Montessori materials online to use in my school placement at a day nursery.
With free online downloads, it’s easy to create professional-looking Montessori materials. For school or home use, all that’s needed to prepare most of the materials is paper or cardstock, printer and printer ink, paper cutter or scissors, and lamination (which is preferred but not essential for home use). Montessori Print Shop has some great instructions for preparing Montessori materials.
Following is a listing of sites with free Montessori downloads.
The Pioneers of Free Montessori Printables with Large Collections:
Number Rods Control Chart and Number Cards (Image from Montessori Print Shop)
Montessori Print Shop was one of my main sources for free Montessori materials during my school placement. Along with many materials for sale, it has a very nice selection of free Montessori materials.
Montessori for Everyone was another great source of free Montessori downloads for me. The site also has an extensive selection of downloads for sale, both at the preschool and elementary levels.
Montessori Materials was started to help homeschool moms and has a wide selection of free downloads (the downloads with purple links).
Wikisori encourages collaboration among Montessorians and has a wealth of free information and downloads.
Montessori Mom has another extensive collection, and everything offered through the site is free.
Free Montessori Printables from around the Blogosphere (organized alphabetically by my computer):
1+1+1=1 has a section of free Montessori printables.
ABC Teach has free Montessori printables and Montessori printables available by subscription.
Anjum Husain created some great three-part cards on zoology, the solar system, occupations, land & water forms, continents, and the human body.
At Home with Montessori has some lovely Inside Outside Fruit Cards.
Carrots Are Orange has free Montessori printables for subscribers.
Chestnut Grove Academy has many free printables, including some some created to go with Safari Ltd. TOOBS.
Confessions of a Montessori Mom Blog has a free Montessori homeschool PDF.
Life Cycle of a Star (Photo from Counting Coconuts)
Counting Coconuts has many lovely free printables.
Cultivating Dharma has free downloads of timelines and other cultural activities.
E & O Montessori has free pink and blue picture word cards and labels.
Dinosaur Unit (Photo from Every Star Is Different)
Every Star Is Different has lots of free Montessori printables included in unit studies.
Förskoleburken has a free extension of the knobless cylinders.
Free Montessori Resources has a number of resources for both primary and elementary.
Homeschool Escapade has some wonderful free geometry, math, and English Montessori downloads.
I Believe in Montessori has free printables as well as printables available for purchase through Teachers Pay Teachers.
Montessori Continent Cards (Image from Imagine Our Life)
Imagine Our Life has many beautiful free Montessori printables.
In Our Pond has a number of free Montessori printables (along with other printables).
Inspired by Montessori has a number of free downloads that work well for child at the elementary level.
Jojoebi has lots of free downloads as well as some to purchase. There are also many links for free downloads and other resources at The Montessori Goldmine.
Just Montessori has a page of Montessori freebies connected to her weekly online curriculum.
Laughing Star Montessori has some materials for purchase, but it also has some free downloads.
Rocks and Minerals Classified Cards (Photo from Little Schoolhouse in the Suburbs)
Little Schoolhouse in the Suburbs has a number of free Montessori printables, including sea shells, stacks of flora and fauna, sense organ anatomy cards, botany magnetic charts, and cosmic history materials.
Grammar Symbols (Image from Livable Learning)
Livable Learning has many free Montessori downloads along with downloads available for purchase.
Making Montessori Ours has a page of free printables.
Mondorfment has free 3-part cards on India and life cycle of the emperor penguin download.
Montessori Album has a page of free printables.
Montessori by Ayashy has Penguins of Antarctica cards, Pink Tower Extension Sample, Various Shapes for Sorting, and Knobless Cylinders Extension Sample.
Montessori for Learning has a whole page of free Montessori printables.
Montessori Insect Nomenclature (Image from Montessori Helper)
Montessori Helper has free materials available by registering along with materials available for purchase.
Montessori Homeschooling has a page of free primary printables and a page of free elementary printables.
Art Appreciation Printables for Painting (Image from Montessori Nature)
Montessori Nature has a page of Montessori printables, many of which are free.
Montessori n’ Such has free anatomy and botany puzzle outlines.
Montessori Soul has many free Montessori printables.
Natural Beach Living has a free continent map.
Temple of Ganesha Montessori has an upper elementary unit on leaves available in a free download.
Animals of Africa (Photo from Trillium Montessori at Teachers Pay Teachers)
Seemi from Trillium Montessori has free printables (as well as printables available for purchase) at Trillium Montessori and on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Suzie’s Home Education Ideas has a page of free Montessori printables.
The Helpful Garden has a page filled with free Montessori printables.
US Landmarks and Symbols (Photo from The Homeschool Den)
The Homeschool Den has a page of free downloads, including some lovely U.S. Landmarks and Symbols 3-part cards.
The Mama Years has some free 3-part cards.
The Montessori Company is expanding its collection of free Montessori materials regularly.
The Natural Homeschool has a page of free printables, including some Montessori printables.
is Shark Matching and Fact Cards (Image from The Pinay Homeschooler)
The Pinay Homeschooler has a page of free Montessori printables.
Along with other printables, Tired, Need Sleep has a number of Montessori 3-part cards.
Along with other printables, Totschooling has a number of Montessori printables.
Training Happy Hearts has a number of free Montessori-inspired printables.
Voila Montessori has a page with free development timeliness and DIY instructions for topponcino, low shelf, weaning table, and weaning chair.
Walk Beside Me has many free downloads.
We Live We Learn has a number of free Montessori printables.
What DID We Do All Day? has a page with free downloads.
Wildflower Ramblings has a page of free printables, including some Montessori printables.
Free Montessori Printables Found in More Than One Language:
2 Pequeños Traviosos has free printables, some in English and some in Spanish.
Leptir has a page of free downloads. Many of the materials are in Croatian, but the lines for cutting paper and some of the other activities work for any language.
Montessori en Casa has free printables in English and Spanish.
Montessori en El Hogar has free printables in Spanish.
Montessori EtCie has free Montessori printables in French and English.
Montessori Materials (a Swedish blog) has Montessori printables in Swedish, some in English, and some without words.
Welcome to Mommyhood has Montessori themes with free printables in English and Russian.
Wise Owl Factory has nocturnal animal 3-part cards in English and French and will be adding more free Montessori printables.
Z lesa has some Montessori materials in English and Czech. Some of the printables can be used without words.
Free Montessori Albums and Lesson Plans:
American Montessori Consulting has Montessori unit studies.
Cultivating Dharma has Montessori elementary albums.
Maitri Learning has free audio MP3 files and PDF files, many of which are presentation directions and planning/record-keeping forms for adults.
Miss Barbara has lesson ideas and links for the Great Lessons. (Note: this link hasn’t been working, but I’m leaving it for awhile to see if the problem is temporary or permanent.)
Montessori Album has a growing collection of Montessori lessons.
Montessori Helper has some free Montessori lessons.
Wikisori also has Montessori albums.
Free Printables at Living Montessori Now:
I always give Karen Tyler from World Wide Montessori Online’s wonderful AMS-style Montessori geography album and Mom Bloggers Talk Montessori: Favorite Ideas and Activities eBook free to anyone who signs up for my mailing list (see sidebar). Thanks, Karen, mom blogger contributors, and John Bowman!
I have lots of posts with free Montessori printables that are instant downloads.
2/2016: I have a new subscriber freebie page with exclusive Montessori-inspired free printables for my email subscribers each month. Learn more here: Free Montessori Resources for Everyone.
I’m also updating the post as I find new free Montessori materials online!
Do you have a favorite free online Montessori download or source for free downloads?
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Do you happen to know anything about Miss Barbara and the Great Lessons pages? – her site seems to be down as well.
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Thanks for letting me know about that, Suzanne! It’s so frustrating when that happens. I’ll leave the link up for awhile in case it’s just a temporary problem. I’m worried the site may be down permanently, though. Deb
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i really appreciate your materials. thanks
I’m visiting from the Learn and Play link-up on Every Star is Different. I’m new to Montessori but I love making printables. I have over 80 printables for free on my blog (inourpond.blogspot.com).
Thanks for the list. I have a bunch of tabs open for new websites. I visit this one frequently from Pinterest. You always have so many good ideas for my own “Mommy School” lessons. Thanks.
Hi,
I’m Lily from Malaysia. I would like to set up a Montessori space for my babies and slowly develop it to becomes a Montessori pre-school (hopefully). It’s so great that I’ve found your website and it is really helpful! I am really appreciate it. Thank you 🙂
Thank you so much for all the links! I’m a new homeschool mom who’s a little overwhelmed. I’m just trying to do my best and find our groove. After reading and studying my daughter’s personality and learning style I feel like montessori will be a great fit for her. She was in a montessori type public school class for the first 5 years of school and thrived and then it was discontinued and she crashed at which point we decided to homeschool. Sit down, be still and be quiet definitely doesn’t work for her. Your site has been a God send.
I’m lovin’ it! I actually just read like three of your posts today. So that means you better keep writing more, because I am going through these like they’re going out of style.
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HI Deb,
I wasn’t sure if this would be the place to contact you about my new “Subscriber’s Freebie Collection” at my website. I set it up a few weeks ago and I have some very nice Montessori materials there, including my newly revised eBook. I also just added a page at my website where my newest feature, Montessori Magic Fridays will be archived from my FB postings. For the past several months, I have been posting a free resource each week that goes along with my theme of the week that includes articles, youtube videos and activities from around the web, including my own activity downloads and my mp3 music downloads. I would love to be included in your resource list above. Please let me know if that is something for this list!
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