homemade montessori

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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Cognitive/Motor Activity: Stacking Rings

August 31, 2009

Age: 6 months+ Goal: To develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and a sense of order. Materials: mat (Make sure you’re mat is big enough to line the rings on side by side. Mine obviously isn’t. ) , stacking rings or blocks on a dowel (or like object) Presentation Prepare the work and get out [...]

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A Montessori Infant Education Video

August 28, 2009

“Each object in the prepared environment is a potential learning tool, not just a toy or a diversion.” I came across this video earlier in the week and thought it was worth sharing. It gives a brief explanation of how the infant learns, the need for repetition, and how the environment aids the child in [...]

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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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The Prepared Environment

August 21, 2009

Having a prepared environment is one of the things that makes the most sense to me about Montessori. The prepared environment is designed so that the child has the maximum ability for learning and exploration. The phrase ‘prepared environment’ refers to a well-thought out environment, classroom or home, designed with the child in mind. The [...]

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Cognitive Activity: Remembering an Object’s Location

August 19, 2009

Age: 6 to 9 months Goal: To develop memory, motor skills, and confidence. Materials: mat, basket, an object the infant is familiar with Presentation Prepare the work and get out the mat. Sit with the infant in your lap or beside you facing the basket on the mat. Take the object out of the basket [...]

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Cognitive Activity: Identifying & Finding Specific Objects When Asked

August 18, 2009

Age: 6 – 9 months Goal: To lay the foundation of following directions while developing concentraion and problem-solving skills, a sense of cause and effect, and hand-eye coordination. Materials: mat, an object with a piece of ribbon attached Presentation Prepare the work and get out the mat. Put the object on the mat with the [...]

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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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Shelf Work: Infant/Toddler Montessori Activities

July 29, 2009

Here’s the work on our shelf these days for Joey. We’ve been staying with my parents for the last month, since we’re in the process of moving to Louisville and my resources for putting together activities for him is a bit limited. Our shelf isn’t really even a shelf, but a chest with the drawers [...]

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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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