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1000-10,000 Activity from Montessori at Home!

April 1, 2013 By Deb Chitwood 6 Comments

1000-10,000 Activity from Montessori at Home!I’m excited today to share a math excerpt from John Bowman’s 3rd edition of Montessori at Home: A Complete Guide to Doing Montessori Early Learning Activities at Home with 3-6 Year Old Children!

Can’t afford a complete set of Montessori golden bead material? Montessori at Home eBook even has printables to help you out! You’ll find a total of 72 pages of printables (some from each curriculum area) in the eBook!

Following is one of the more advanced math excerpts from the book. Don’t worry if your child isn’t nearly ready for this activity. This activity is from only one of 512 pages in the book!

Going from 1000 – 10,000!

Whew, you’re getting up there! Very few parents go this far at home, but just in case you guys are overachievers or your child is showing a remarkable interest in math, or both, we’ll go over it. All you need are more Hundred Squares from the printout on page 481.

Ten Hundreds (Photo from Montessori at Home)Ten hundred squares are stapled together to make 1000. Do this with your child and count each hundred as you stack them up (“100,200,300″….). Staple ten together and write 1000 on top with a black marker. Make a few of these.

Decimal System Layout (Photo from Montessori at Home)Lay out the squares, bead bars, and numerals as shown. Review with your child how many are in each row and what each numeral says.

Decimal System Total (Photo from Montessori at Home)Add the amounts together, saying: “1000 + 200 + 80 + 4 makes One thousand, two hundred, eighty four.” Bring the numerals together, saying: “1000 + 200 + 80 + 4 says 1,284″. Your layout should look like the photo.

When your child has done many different numbers like this, you can point out that the first place on the right is the Units place, the next is the Tens place, the next is the Hundreds place, and the fourth is the Thousands place.

Printable Stamp Game and Instructions (Image from Montessori Print Shop)The Montessori Stamp Game is the next step from here. Stamp Game (iPad) is a great app for this. You can also download the free Printable Stamp Game & Instructions from Montessori Print Shop.

(Excerpt and photos used with permission from John Bowman. Printable Stamp Game Image used with permission from Montessori Print Shop.)

John Bowman’s Montessori at Home eBook (available exclusively as part of the Montessori at Home eBook and Materials Bundle in the Living Montessori Now shop) is filled with amazing ideas for families.

The Montessori at Home! eBook and Materials Bundle Available Exclusively on Living Montessori Now!

Montessori at Home! eBook and Materials Bundle Available at Living Montessori Now

Update 2/1/19: Montessori Print Shop, always one of my very favorite Montessori suppliers, partnered with John Bowman in offering 21 gorgeous Montessori materials in a bundle together with the Montessori at Home! eBook! The eBook was originally available individually, too. Because the eBook was published in 2013, some of the links have changed over time. So not every link works. Because of that, the eBook is now only available as part of the Montessori at Home eBook and Materials Bundle. The book is still great, but it is best used as part of the bundle of materials that goes with it. And the price of the entire bundle has been reduced. It was originally $19.95. You can get the eBook plus over $60 worth of materials in this bundle now for only $14.95! 

You can get a free download of 51 sample pages from Montessori at Home eBook by clicking here! (This includes information on John’s simplified Montessori reading sequence.)

Here’s the direct link to the purchase page for the Montessori at Home! Materials Bundle,which includes the Montessori at Home eBook AND over $60 worth of Montessori Print Shop materials to go with the book (now only $14.95)!

Here’s the list of 21 printable Montessori materials included in the bundle:
  1. Phases of the Moon (3-part cards & chart)
  2. Animals of the Continents
  3. Continents 3-Part Cards
  4. Land & Water Form Photo Book
  5. World – Control Maps, Masters and Labels
  6. Moveable Alphabet – Print – (includes full instructions)
  7. Sentence Cards – Step 1 – Set 1
  8. Word and Picture Cards – Step 1 – Read Pictures
  9. 1-100 Math Series
  10. Geometric Matching Cards
  11. Geometric Solids 3-Part Cards – Blue
  12. Skeleton Nomenclature Cards
  13. Tree Nomenclature Cards
  14. Phonics Sound and Picture Sorting
  15. Association of Objects
  16. What Does Not Belong
  17. The Five Senses
  18. Plant or Animal?
  19. Animals and Their Names
  20. Color Grading Cards
  21. Metal Insets – Shape Outlines

Excerpts and Activities from the Montessori at Home eBook

you can read all the excerpts from the book that I’ve shared here at Living Montessori Now:

Activities with Marbles and Golf Tees from Montessori at Home!

Activities with Marbles and Golf Tees from Montessori at Home!

Building a Flashlight and Pipe Building from Montessori at Home

Building a Flashlight and Pipe Building from Montessori at Home!

1000-10,000 Activity from Montessori at Home!

1000-10,000 Activity from Montessori at Home!

Make Fossils from Montessori at Home!

Make Fossils from Montessori at Home! Cutting with a Knife from Montessori at Home Cutting with a Knife from Montessori at Home!

Free Play Tubs (Sensory Bins) from Montessori at Home!

Free Play Tubs (Sensory Bins) from Montessori at Home!

Create an Attractive Home Environment from Montessori at Home!

Create an Attractive Home Environment from Montessori at Home!

Concentration and Normalization from Montessori at Home

 Concentration and Normalization from Montessori at Home

How to Prepare a Montessori Jar for Meaningful Preschool Activities at Home

How to Prepare a Montessori Jar for Meaningful Preschool Activities at Home (an activity prepared using one of the book’s printables)

Allow Time for Repetition and Concentration from Montessori at Home!

Allow Time for Repetition and Concentration from Montessori at Home!

Activities Using Some of the Montessori Print Shop Materials from the Montessori at Home eBook and Materials Bundle

Here are activities I published using just 4 of the 21 Montessori Print Shop materials from the Montessori at Home eBook and Materials Bundle:

Montessori-Inspired Phases of the Moon Playdough Tray

Montessori-Inspired Phases of the Moon Playdough Tray

Easy-to-Prepare Montessori Animals of the Continents Activity

Easy-to-Prepare Montessori Animals of the Continents Activity

Extending Montessori Animals of the Continents Work

Extending Montessori Animals of the Continents Work

Hands-on Fun with Montessori-Inspired Human Skeleton Activities

Hands-on Fun with Montessori-Inspired Human Skeleton Activities

Seashell Color Matching {Easy-to-Prepare Variation of Montessori Color Box 3}

Seashell Color Matching {Easy-to-Prepare Variation of Montessori Color Box 3}

Again, John Bowman’s Montessori at Home eBook is available exclusively as part of the Montessori at Home eBook and Materials Bundle in the Living Montessori Now shop!

Deb - Siganture

Montessori at Home or School - How to Teach Grace and Courtesy eBookLearn more about my eBook Montessori at Home or School: How to. Teach Grace and Courtesy!

The Montessori at Home! eBook and Montessori at Home! eBook and Materials Bundle are AMAZING resources! You can learn more about them here. Buy them in the Living Montessori Now shop.

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  1. Marsha says

    April 2, 2013 at 4:28 am

    This looks amazing.

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    • Deb says

      April 8, 2013 at 6:41 pm

      Thanks, Marsha! It is an amazing book! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Amy says

    April 2, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    I need to make some more practical life trays with tools/screws, etc, from my basement!! Thanks for the wonderful ideas 🙂

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    • Deb says

      April 8, 2013 at 6:42 pm

      Thanks for your comment, Amy! Isn’t it amazing how many great practical life activities can be found in every home?! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Cassie says

    April 5, 2013 at 5:59 am

    I love all the fun activities you do! I always fun something fun I might want to do!

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    • Deb says

      April 8, 2013 at 6:43 pm

      Thanks, Cassie! I always get great ideas from your site, too! 🙂

      Reply

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