Montessori Pick of the Day

Matching Objects to Pictures

Matching objects to pictures helps toddlers transition a 3 dimensional object to a 2 dimensional picture.  Collect pictures of your child's favorite objects to match. 

 

 

Counting Time

It's fun to count with your toddler.  There are lots of things to count from spoons to stairs. 

Counting as your toddler goes up the stairs gives your child an idea of quantities and numbers.

 

Toddler Puzzles

Puzzles with large wooden knobs are the easiest to do for young toddlers.  Taking out puzzle pieces from the puzzle is a great first step.

It's always fun to take things apart for young learners.

 

It's normal not to be able to put the puzzle back together at first,  but eventually your child will be able to complete the task.

 

More Early Toddler Activities- Geometric Solid Shapes

The geometric solid shapes, such as a sphere or cube, can be introduced to very young toddlers. Younger toddlers seem to like the solid shapes more than older preschool children.  Holding beautiful wooden shapes in their hands gives a gratifying sense of feel to your curious toddlers.

 

Solid Geometric Shapes

We used to critique our Montessori equipment with our directress who was a developmental child psychologist. She suggested once that the solid geometric shapes were wonderful for tactile experiences and vocabulary for geometry.  Her improvement for the shapes would  be that they were clear and you could measure the volume of each shape. 

This is something she would have liked! The lids can be removed. Measure volume using millet in a measuring cup and grade the shapes from the largest volume to the smallest volume.  It's a great Montessori lesson.

Lesson of the Day 9, Early Math & Counting

Counting is as easy as 1,2,3? Not really....

It is a difficult concept for preschool children to truly understand the concrete concepts of quantities and numbers.  Lesson 9 has some helpful lesson ideas for counting and early math experiences. Check it out at montessorimom.com

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Montessori Lesson of the Day Two, Lets Count!

 

Today’s Fun Time is brought to you by the letter B featuring Big Bubbles and Beautiful Birds!  Check it out at montessorimom.com

Lesson of the Day 5, Peanut Butter Fun

Today's learning and fun is brought to you by the letter p- the peanut butter letter, peanut butter you can make and peanut butter play or fun dough you can eat! Plus more activities and games for letters and words.

Also free math printouts.

Check it out at montessorimom.com

 

Lesson of the Day 7, Animal Tails, Counting, Letters and Shapes

Animal tales are used for balance, warmth and communication.  Check out more fun activities at Lesson of the Day 7 at montessorimom.com

Counting the Caldendar

One fun way to practice counting is to make a calendar. Counting the days as they pass is a concrete way to understand counting as days move forward.

Counting the days  printout is free, and fun to do as a family or in the classroom.

Check it out here.