Gift Guide for Montessori Homeschoolers

If you’re a Montessori homeschooler, you might like to buy special gifts of Montessori materials for your homeschool. Or, grandparents might like to buy a gift for your homeschool. Today, I’ll share my gift guide with ideas of Montessori materials and Montessori-friendly products that would be helpful for Montessori homeschools. I’ll focus mainly here on materials for preschoolers through age 7.

For elementary Montessori materials, see my post “Where to Buy Montessori Elementary Albums and Materials.”

Following is a variety of products I think are wonderful for Montessori homeschools. Choose according to the materials you need and your budget. I think it’s great to give Montessori gifts at any time of year. You don’t need to worry about having a complete schoolroom to begin with. It’s fine to gradually add materials. And many materials can be made as DIY Montessori materials.

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Materials for the Traditional Montessori Curriculum

Montessori Services Large Plastic Trays

A variety of trays are especially helpful for Montessori preschoolers. The Montessori Services large plastic trays are a helpful size, durable, attractive and stack well. They work well for many activities.

Montessori Services Medium Size Trays

Montessori Services medium size trays are also a helpful size, durable, attractive, and stack well.

Multicraft 5-Piece Wooden Tray Set

Multicraft Wooden 5-Piece Tray Set is inexpensive, stacks well, and gives a nice variety of sizes.

Montessori Services Blue Glass Pouring Set

It would be hard to go wrong with a Montessori Services practical life material. It’s always nice to have at least one especially attractive practical life activity, such as the blue glass pouring set.

For the sensorial, math, and language materials I’m recommending Alison’s Montessori value-line materials and Kid Advance materials on Amazon. I reviewed these Alison’s Montessori value-line sensorial materials: Pink Tower, Brown Stair, Red Rods and Stand, and Natural Geometric Solids in my first Alison’s Montessori Review. In another post, I reviewed Alison’s Montessori value-line Cylinder Blocks and Knobless Cylinders: Alison’s Montessori Cylinder Blocks and Knobless Cylinders Review.) I especially like the quality of the Alison’s Montessori materials. I do have the Kid Advance sandpaper letters, which are nice, too. You can read about other Montessorians’ experiences with a variety of online companies here: Where to Buy Montessori Materials.

Alison’s Montessori Pink Tower or Kid Advance Pink Tower

Alison’s Montessori Brown Stair or Kid Advance Brown Stair
Alison’s Montessori Red Rods or Kid Advance Red Rods
Alison’s Montessori Cylinder Blocks or Kid Advance Cylinder Blocks (traditional sized)
Alison’s Montessori Knobless Cylinders or Kid Advance Knobless Cylinders

Alison’s Montessori Plastic Insets or Metal Insets or Kid Advance Metal Insets
Alison’s Montessori Geometric Solids or Kid Advance Geometric Solids
Alison’s Montessori Binomial Cube or Kid Advance Binomial Cube
Alison’s Montessori Trinomial Cube or Kid Advance Trinomial Cube

Sandpaper Numerals

Alison’s Montessori Sandpaper Numerals or Kid Advance Sandpaper Numerals

Lowercase Sandpaper Letters

Alison’s Montessori Sandpaper Letters or Kid Advance Sandpaper Letters

Small Movable Alphabet

Alison’s Montessori Small Movable Alphabet or Kid Advance Small Movable Alphabet

Decanomial Bead Box from Alison’s Montessori

Mathematics Bead Materials (depending on which materials your homeschool needs) from Alison’s Montessori. The Value Line materials are a nice quality for homeschools.

Montessori Support Materials and Products That Aren’t Traditional Montessori Materials but Work Well for Montessori-Inspired Activities

Little Partners Learning Tower

A perfect tool to encourage independence and let toddlers and preschoolers join you in the kitchen for food-preparation activities. See my Learning Tower review post for more information.

Montessori Services Language Object Starter Set 2014-2015

Montessori Services Language Objects Starter Set

Safari Ltd. TOOBS (also great for language objects and for many cultural activities). See my Safari Ltd. posts for ideas of how Safari Ltd. miniatures can be used in Montessori homeschools. Montessori By Mom Subscription or Materials from Store See my Montessori By Mom posts for more information.

Spielgaben, Version 4

Complete Spielgaben Set – Read about version 4! You’ll find many Montessori-inspired activities and free printables that work well with Spielgaben materials in my Spielgaben posts.

Little Passports Early Explorers for ages 3-5. This would work well with Montessori-inspired themes in a homeschool. It could be used in addition to (or instead of) the World Edition.  12/17/14 Update: See what’s in the first package in my post “Using Little Passports Early Explorers with a Montessori-Inspired Approach.”   Little Passports World Edition for ages 5-10. I have a series of posts with Montessori-inspired Little Passports activities for preschoolers (to go with the World Edition packages). I’ve integrated the Little Passports packages with the Montessori geography curriculum for ages 3-6. If you follow my posts, you can use this Little Passports edition for preschoolers through age 10.

Little Passports USA Edition for Ages 7-12

Little Passports USA Edition for ages 5-12 If you’d like to give a gift of Montessori books, see the Living Montessori Now sidebar.

All My Montessori Gift Guides

You’ll find some of my favorite Montessori toys for babies and toddlers, featuring a number of toys from For Small Hands in my Best Gifts for Kids: Montessori-Friendly Baby and Toddler Toys.

You can find some of my favorite books for babies … available on Amazon here: Montessori-Friendly Books for Babies {Gift Guide}

You can find some of my favorite CDs for babies and toddlers here: Favorite CDs for Babies and Toddlers {Gift Guide}

If you’re looking for Montessori-friendly toys that will be appealing to toddlers 15-36 months old, they’re in my Best Gifts for Kids: Montessori-Friendly Toys for Toddlers.

If you have a preschooler, don’t miss this: Best Gifts for Kids: Montessori-Friendly Toys for Preschoolers.

Gift Guide: The Best Classic Children’s Books for Preschoolers has some of my favorite books.

You’ll find lots of ideas for Montessori homeschoolers here: Gift Guide for Montessori Homeschoolers

Favorite Handmade Learning Materials for Preschoolers from Etsy {Gift Guide} has lots of absolutely gorgeous materials.

PREPARING MONTESSORI SPACES IN YOUR HOME

See “How to Create a Montessori-Friendly Home” for ideas for a number of levels. Here are some of my main home environment posts here:

• How to Prepare a Montessori Baby Room at Home (roundup post)
• How to Prepare a Montessori Toddler Environment at Home (roundup post)
• Preparing a Montessori Newborn Baby Space at Home
• How to Use Montessori Mobiles to Encourage a Newborn Baby’s Development and Delight
• Preparing a Montessori Baby Space with Shelves at Home
• Preparing a Montessori Baby Space in Your Living Room
• Preparing a Montessori Baby-Toddler Space at Home
• Preparing Montessori Toddler Spaces at Home
• How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 2 Year Old
• How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 2½ Year Old
• How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 3 Year Old
• How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 3½ Year Old
• How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 4 Year Old
• How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 4½ Year Old
• How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 5 Year Old
• How to Prepare Themed Montessori Shelves
• How to Prepare a Montessori Home Environment for Afterschooling
• Create an Attractive Home Environment from Montessori at Home!
• How to Set Up a Montessori Homeschool Classroom
• How to Prepare Montessori Homeschool Spaces for Babies through First Graders

Jo Ebisujima and I have a free Montessori at home webinar and introduction to our Montessori Crash Course.

Happy shopping! 🙂

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• Gift Guide for Montessori Homeschoolers from Living Montessori Now
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• Gift Guide for Promoting Healthy Development from The Inspired Treehouse
• Tips for Sustainable Gift Giving from Multicultural Kid Blogs
• ALEX Toys Holiday Gift Guide from Still Playing School
• Best Gifts for a One-Year-Old from Adventure in a Box
• Gifts that Help Kids with Independence from Sugar Aunts
• Grandparent Gifts Kids Can Make from The Chaos and the Clutter
• 25 Heartwarming Christmas Books from Fireflies and Mudpies
• Heirloom Advent Calendars from Are We There Yet?

Thanks to Becca from Bare Feet on the Dashbaord for organizing this amazing series! For more information, see the Festive Family Holiday series landing page at Bare Free on the Dashboard.