The Giveaway is now closed, but Alison’s Montessori has limited time offers and clearance sales as well as great prices every day! Please check the bottom of the post right under the Rafflecopter form for the announcement of the 3 winners!
It’ll be Christmas season soon, and I’m excited to give you the chance to win a Montessori land and water form cabinet from Alison’s Montessori for your home or school! I always loved to teach about land and water forms, and it’s definitely easiest when you have a material ready-made. Alison’s Montessori is sponsoring this giveaway – with a lucky winner from the U.S. or Canada! (UPDATE – Now THREE very lucky winners!)
Alison’s Montessori Land and Water Form Cabinet
Recommended age 3-6
Here’s a description of the land and water form cabinet from the Alison’s Montessori online catalog:
“A concrete lesson in physical geography, our beautiful wooden Land and water form cabinet provides children with an understanding of the various type of land formations found on earth. Each pull out tray contains a removable puzzle-like representation with a printed definition on the inside of the tray. The cabinet measures approximately 15 1/2 ” tall, 10 ” wide and 7 ” deep. Includes representations of a strait, isthmus, archipelago, systems of lakes, peninsula, gulf, island, lake and cape.”
UPDATE 11/17: A Second Prize has been added – Alison’s Montessori Premium Leaf Cabinet Worth $200)!!! There’s also a new additional entry option – to follow the new @AlisonsMontesso Twitter account (added to the Rafflecopter form)!
Alison’s Montessori Premium Leaf Cabinet
Description of the leaf cabinet from Alison’s Montessori online catalog:
“A mahogany finish cabinet with 3 drawers containing 14 leaf shaped insets in green and red.”
It doesn’t matter if you have Montessori training or not. I have lots of resources for activities to use with the leaf cabinet in my post Montessori-Inspired Autumn Leaf Unit.
UPDATE: 11/20: A THIRD Prize has been added – Alison’s Geometric Cabinet Worth $180)!!!
Alison’s Montessori Geometric Cabinet
Here’s the description of the geometric cabinet from Alison’s Montessori online catalog:
“Make this wooden Geometric Cabinet the showcase of your classroom. This beautiful hardwood cabinet, with six drawers, includes 35 wooden frame and 35 wooden insets with large wooden knobs.The trays are designed for children to easily take the drawers out of the cabinet and put them back in easily.The brown frames are attractive to the light blue inset.
This cabinet is made in Thailand of very durable rubber wood.”
Alison’s Montessori Homepage
Be sure to check out Alison’s Montessori! There’s a Featured Monthly Deals Page along with with an online catalog of traditional materials, Montessori albums, limited time offers, clearance sale items, and new arrivals. There’s a 10% off code available for anyone who “likes” Alison’s Montessori on Facebook (one of the extra giveaway entries)!
Now for the Giveaway:
What You Will Win: As it was before the updates, the first name drawn will win the Land and Water Form Cabinet from Alison’s Montessori (ARV $100)! Now, the second name drawn will win the Premium Leaf Cabinet (ARV $200)! And the third name drawn will win the Geometric Cabinet (ARV $180)!
Who is Eligible:
This giveaway is open to anyone 18 and older in the U.S. and Canada. Alison’s Montessori will pay for any shipping and duties. The first entry is mandatory. There are lots of optional entries. You have many chances to win! (Note: For the extra entries, you may count ways of following that you already do. For example, if you previously “liked” Living Montessori Now on Facebook, you may still count that for your “like” Living Montessori Now on Facebook entry!)
It’s easy to enter giveaways with Rafflecopter! Just follow the directions to enter. You must complete the Mandatory Entry to qualify for any additional entries. The giveaway closes 10:01pm MST on Tuesday, November 29. Best of luck! 🙂
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UPDATE:
It’s Wednesday morning, November 30. I enjoyed reading your comments and really appreciated the 2,920 entries! 3 winners have been selected using Random.org through Rafflecopter!
Each winner will have 48 hours to respond to my email, or a new winner will be chosen.
Here are the three winners and their mandatory entries (why they wanted to win)! All three had multiple entries.
Fidiya – Land and Water Form Cabinet
Mandatory Entry Submitted on Monday, November 28, 2011 3:45 PM
“I have a 4yo, a 3yo, and another baby coming. I have been collecting montessori materials over the years in preparation to homeschool my kids, but haven’t got any of the cabinets offered as prizes so I WOULD LOVE to have one!”
Michelle from ThePanamaMama.com – Leaf Cabinet
Mandatory Entry Submitted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:08 AM
“Awesome! Would love this to teach my kiddos.”
Jenny from OurMontessoriHome.wordpress.com – Geometric Cabinet
Mandatory Entry Submitted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 5:39 PM
(First entered when the land and water form cabinet was the only prize) “I haven’t been able to buy the land and water form materials because it hasn’t fit in my budget. My children just make them while playing in dirt outside, but I would love to actually have this material!”
CONGRATULATIONS, Fidiya, Michelle, and Jenny!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH to Alison’s Montessori for sponsoring such an amazing giveaway – and thank you to everyone who entered!
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i teach an esl class of elementary kids. I love incorporating montessori activities in our day. kids learn best when they are manipulating there own learning.
i’d love to win b/c i have very little Montessori materials and this would go nicely with my oldest’s geography passion.
I would be so thrilled to win this!!! I have a very curious and bright 3 year old, who I am planning to homeschool (Montessori) and these would be so perfect.
thanks for the chance
What an awesome giveaway, Deb! It says a lot about your contribution to the Montessori blogosphere that your readers would be offered such a generous prize! I must say I’m grateful – not as much for the giveaway as for all you do in general 🙂
I like the Design and Drill Take-along Tool Kit.
I would like to win because my daughter learns things much easier when an educational toy makes things fun to learn.
I’d love to win because my daughter loves to learn 🙂 She is in preschool now but I of course I’d like to teach her at home as much as possible!
New to Montessori and I am currently homeschooling my daughter and I think she would just love to have these available to her. Thanks for the opportunity.
I have really been wanting the land forms cabinet for my son, but it can be pretty expensive. I absolutely love them, and I think it would have really helped me learn land and water forms when I was first learning them in school.
wow! Amazing giveaway! Thank you so much for the chance to win!
These cabinets are amazing!
I would love to win this for my christmas angel ~ what a great gift this would be!
I’d love to win one of the lovely cabinets to teach my two young sons!
Hello, I teach a low functioning autistic student. The Premium Leaf Cabinet would be a great addition to his daily activities. I am always looking for new materials to use when working with him. Thanks.
I have 6 kids, 3 of whom are 2 and under. I’ve been wanting to use Montessori experiences with all of them, and was able to for my oldest, but fell away. I would LOVE these for my babies!!
I am a Montessori teacher at a private school. I would love the land and water forms for my classroom. I love the sandpaper letters in a box where the children use a wooden dowel to trace the letter-my 4 year olds love this work because they want to write. What a great giveaway.
What a wonderful resource to have for homeschooling. I would love to begin geography with this..
i would love to win land and water forms! My girl loves geography!
Mum, how big can an island be? We’d love to start out journey on land and water forms with this material. Pick us Pick us! Caroline Saxon & Novak
I need some interesting furniture to redo my place after a very difficult few months