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Montessori-Inspired Activities Using Spheres {Free Printables}

August 25, 2014 By Deb Chitwood 3 Comments

Spielgaben educational toys are real favorites at my house already. Even though most of the Spielgaben toys are for ages 3-12, my 9-month-old granddaughter has been in love with the Spielgaben yarn balls (which are safe for babies and toddlers) for a number of months now. Today, I’m sharing some Montessori-inspired activities using spheres along with free printables. There will be activities here for babies through preschoolers (and one activity that can extend into early elementary).

Montessori-Inspired Activities Using Spheres {Free Printables}This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Spielgaben. All opinions are honest and my own. This post also contains affiliate links (at no cost to you).

Note: Spielgaben toys are exceptionally high-quality educational toys designed for ages 3-12.

The Spielgaben complete set comes with over 700 pages of full-color printed learning materials. These printed materials help you as a parent or teacher easily use Spielgaben toys educationally with your child and/or students.

Standing with Yarn Balls

I wrote last month about how my granddaughter, Zoey, LOVES  her ball treasure basket. She often had a yarn ball in each hand as she crawled around the living room. Her Spielgaben yarn balls are still the first toys she chooses whenever she’s at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.

Early Standing with Spielgaben Yarn Balls

Early Standing with Spielgaben Yarn Balls

Zoey’s first times standing alone at Grandpa and Grandma’s house were with a yarn ball in each hand. (Note: Early on, she wore a Thudguard Baby Protective Safety Helmet until she was stable enough to stand without falling over on occasion.)

First Steps with Yarn Balls

First time taking 11 steps (while carrying Spielgaben yarn balls)

First time taking 11 steps (while carrying Spielgaben yarn balls)

Zoey’s first 11 steps at 9 months were also taken while she was holding a yarn ball in each hand. She often continues to walk around carrying yarn balls.

Sphere Basket

Sphere Basket

Sphere Basket

A sphere basket would be a fun way to reinforce the concept of sphere using Spielgaben toys. I used a Spielgaben wooden lacing bead, a wooden sphere from Box 2, and a blue yarn ball. I added a fun sphere song with free printable (“3D Shapes That We Know”) from Kindergarten Works.

Sphere Matching Cards

Sphere Matching Cards

Sphere Matching Cards

This activity uses free 3-D Shape Sort Cards from Mrs. Ricca’s Kindergarten and a Spielgaben yarn ball. I placed the cards and yarn ball in a Montessori Services basket (small willow basket, which is a great size for many card materials).

Starting the Sphere Layout

Starting the Sphere Layout

You could just have your child lay out the cards, but I think it would be the most fun to have your child find the objects pictured on the cards in your home and bring them to the rug. (I typically lay activities out on Montessori Services rugs.) For a toddler who still mouths objects, you could omit the card with the marbles.

Sphere Hunt Tray

Sphere Hunt Tray

Sphere Hunt Tray

The sphere hunt tray uses a free printable sphere sheet from Math-Salamanders.com. Your child could search for spheres of all kinds, or you could hide Spielgaben lacing beads, yarn balls, and other spheres around the house for your child to find, gather in the basket, and place on the sphere sheet.

Decorate a Sphere Tray

Decorate a Sphere Tray

Decorate a Sphere Tray

This activity uses a free sphere printable from Kidspot that can be used for decorating with markers or colored pencils. I added the paper to a large plastic tray from Montessori Services along with a pencil box to hold the colored pencils.

UPDATE:

Special deal for my readers!

Spielgaben offers an extra 10% discount to my blog readers if you mention Living Montessori Now.
 
Not only that, Spielgaben will also offer LayBy Payment Plan if you do not need the product right away. You can make 3 monthly payments, and your order will be shipped as soon as the final payment is made.
 
All you need to do to claim the discount is send an email to [email protected] mentioning Living Montessori Now blog.

All My Spielgaben Posts

Many of these include links to free printables! (Click on an image to go to the related blog post. The gallery is ordered according to publication date with my latest post at the top.)

Nature Card Inspiration and First Grade Position and Direction Work with Spielgaben
Working with or Reviewing Addition Facts with Spielgaben
Number Writing Practice along with Spielgaben Hands-on Activities
Cube Building with Montessori and Spielgaben Materials
Montessori-Inspired Moon Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Spielgaben STEM Challenge - Build and Fly a Magnetic Airplane
Montessori-Inspired Symmetry and Spinner Activities with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Flower Activities with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Weather Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
How to Get Started with Spielgaben Educational Toys
How to Have a Fun Fraction Party for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Montessori-Inspired Phonics Activities Using Wooden Cubes and Free Printables
Ten Apples Up On Top Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
How to Use Spielgaben for Montessori-Inspired Homeschooling or Afterschooling
Fine Motor Fun and Exploring Shapes with Spielgaben Set 8
Quick and Easy Spielgaben Activity Bags
un with Matchstick Puzzles for Multiple Ages {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Spring Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Telling Time Activities with Wooden Sticks and Dots {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Winter Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
How to Prepare Montessori Sensorial Extensions with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Fall Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Train Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
https://livingmontessorinow.com/montessori-monday-montessori-inspired-addition-activities-using-dots-free-printables/
Toddler Fine-Motor Activities with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Summer Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Color Activities for Toddlers {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Easter Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Valentine Activities with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Color Games {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Christmas Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Phonics Activities Using Dots {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Sphere, Cube, Cylinder Activities
Montessori-Inspired Activities Using Spheres
Montessori-Inspired Activities for Babies and Toddlers Using Yarn Balls
Montessori-Inspired Math Activities Using Cubes and Free Printables
Montessori-Inspired Age and Birthday Activities
Are Spielgaben Educational Toys Worth the Price?
Using Montessori-Inspired Activities for Elementary-Level Learning
Geometric Solid Dressing, Wrapping, and Gift Giving (and Receiving)
Montessori-Inspired Color Activities Using Yarn Balls and Free Printables
Montessori-Inspired Geometry Activities Using Wooden Shapes and Free Printables
Montessori-Inspired Math Activities Using Wooden Beads and Free Printables
Montessori-Inspired Color Activities Using Wooden Toys and Free Printables
Spielgaben Educational Toy Review

Version 4 of Spielgaben Educational Toys 

I highly recommend Spielgaben as an amazing educational material for home or school. Even though the toys aren’t inexpensive, they’re definitely worth the price because of the high quality of materials and number of years your children or students can use them.

Spielgaben Version 4

Spielgaben Version 4

Special deal for my readers!

Spielgaben offers an extra 10% discount to my blog readers if you mention Living Montessori Now.
 
Not only that, Spielgaben will also offer LayBy Payment Plan if you do not need the product right away. You can make 3 monthly payments, and your order will be shipped as soon as the final payment is made.
 
All you need to do to claim the discount is send an email to [email protected] mentioning Living Montessori Now blog.

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Filed Under: Activities - Sensorial, Montessori Monday Tagged With: activities using spheres, free printables, infants and toddlers, Montessori Monday, Montessori-inspired activities for babies and toddlers, Montessori-inspired Spielgaben activities, resource review, Spielgaben, Spielgaben educational toys, Spielgaben toys, yarn balls

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  1. Victoria says

    August 25, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Thank you for hosting! Have a wonderful week 🙂

    Reply
    • Deb says

      August 25, 2014 at 3:17 pm

      Thanks for linking up Victoria! I always enjoy your posts. I’m not ready for fall yet, so it’s good for me to see some posts focusing on it. At some point I’ll probably accept that August is almost over. 😉

      Reply
  2. Carrie says

    September 5, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    Oh, I love the sphere poem!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

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