homemade montessori materials

Fine Motor: Lacing (Sewing) Cards

November 15, 2010

Ages: 24+ months Materials: work mat, basket, lacing cards (with the string tied to the card) Presentation: Prepare the work and get out the mat. With the work facing the child and the mat between you. Demonstrate the activity by taking a lacing card and showing the child how to “sew” by moving the string [...]

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Sliding Pegs onto a Rim

March 31, 2010

Age: 12-15 months Goal: To develop hand-eye coordination, developing concentration skills, and visual acuity. Materials: mat, tin (or similar shaped container–I used an old grits container), six wooden clothes pegs Presentation Prepare the work and get out the mat. With the child facing you and the container between you begin spilling the pegs onto the [...]

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Body Theme: Update

September 24, 2009

I had high hopes for the body theme this month, but after my laptop decided it needed a break many of the projects I had planned went by the wayside.  I got a bit discouraged, because I had been taking pictures for a few months knowing I wanted to make a book of body parts [...]

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Sensory Activity: Experiencing Different Sounds

September 5, 2009

Age: 6-9 months Goal: To develop listening skills and motor skills. Materials: mat, a set of small containers filled with small objects (I used grits, rice, oats, and beans) tray or basket (for sound containers). Make sure the lid of the container is firmly sealed or glue/tape the lid secure. Choose containers that are identical [...]

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Homemade Child’s Placemat

September 4, 2009

Last week during a few of Joey’s naps I made a few placemats for his eating dishes. I like them and they were really simple to make. I just traced the dishes and silverware on a plain piece of cardstock, cut them out, glued them to an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of cardstock, and then [...]

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Treasure Basket: Primary Colors

September 1, 2009

A few weeks ago, I decided to change our treasure basket to reflect the primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) over the next few weeks. The plan is to have just one color in the treasure basket for two weeks and then switch to the next color. The last two weeks were red and yesterday [...]

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Infant/Toddler Montessori Activities

August 27, 2009

What’s been on our shelf the last few weeks? Check it out: I switched up the work last week as I’ve been preparing new work. It’s been a bit of a trial and error process. I find that I get really excited about a work and then realize that Joey’s not quite ready to handle [...]

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Homemade Infant/Toddler Montessori Materials

August 13, 2009

Here’s a few pictures of the Montessori materials my husband was making. They still need to be painted and stained, but they look great! I didn’t get the object permanence box with a drawer, but maybe we can figure out something similar. I don’t have pictures of the other activities yet.

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Homemade Infant/Toddler Montessori Materials

July 27, 2009

I love Montessori materials, but sometimes they are just so expensive especially when you’d like to have more than one or two. I’ve been looking for awhile at Montessori Outlet’s Infant/Toddler materials and was planning on buying the Object Permanence box. It’s around $20, but then I found out the shipping would cost $20 and [...]

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