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Montessori Activities for 2 Year Old Toddlers

Help me to do it myself.--Maria Montessori

INCLUDES: Website access to toddler lesson activities in pictures and text and Montessori articles and documents that are easy to download and save to your computer. Cost: $13.99 to 29.99. Includes lessons for Montessori materials found in traditional Montessori toddler classrooms. Other articles & documents including:  How to create a Montessori environment. How to start, where to begin including the environment. Get free or cheap materials for making activities. Supplies list and a must-have Montessori materials list. Recommended book list. Storing materials & activities. Creating a budget for materials & activities. Forums and blogs to join for support. Optional e-mail consulting with me, a trained Montessori teacher. Cost and How to Pay

Montessori Articles & Documents:

• Absorbent Mind: "From birth to six is the stage of the absorbent mind. This is the type of mind with which the human baby, shortly after birth, starts taking in and absorbing the environment in which he finds himself. This is very different from the adult mind. The absorbent mind [of the child from birth to six] is..."

• Circle Time: "At the beginning, circle is simple. Towards the end of the year, it becomes richer and more complex.... One thing remains constant in all these circles--it is the..."

• The Home Preschool: "The materials you can start with are simple toys, practical life and sensorial materials: also toys, books, simple puzzles, and books that are familiar to the child. Slowly and gradually the young child will be weaned from them and intrigued by more challenging materials. But in the beginning give him..." 

• Independently Working: "Young preschoolers will be exploring their environment sensorially and there are projects you can make for them to do while you work with an older child. The key to it is to have..."

• Indirect Preparation: "We all learn according to what we already know. One sees, hears, and understands according to what one already knows. Whenever is printed on the subconscious experiences and will determine our reactions, and are a way of handling future experiences. This is the..."

• The Montessori Adult: "Consistency and continuity are the backbone of the Montessori environment. They are the order which brings security and allows the child to really unfold. The adult’s role in general is to..."

• Nurturing the Child's Home Environment: "The first step is to prepare the child's environment in such a way as to allow your child easy, safe access for both getting out and putting away her belongings, including..."

• The Three Period Lesson: "The Three Period Lesson is a way to present and introduce concepts and new terminology, or the names of  things, to a child: new sounds (letters), numbers (symbols), geometric shapes, colors, and geography forms (like the land and water forms or the continents). It is also a way to..."

• Montessori Toddler FAQs (frequent questions and answers about toddler development & behavior):
• [My Two-year old] seems interested [in new activities], but then she will swat at the materials, sweeping everything off the table or across the floor. Do you know what this might mean? Or do you have any suggestions for me on this behavior?
• How do you tell if [my toddler] has mastered an activity? 
• When [do] other toddlers... recognize individual letters? Should I be working on that? Is it too early to start with sand[paper] letters and phonics?
• I'm having some difficulty encouraging my 27 mo. old to stay engaged in one activity after introducing it. [What do I do?"]

• Movement and Independence: "The moment [a child] is born he starts to move independently, and in order to reach independence he has to keep on moving. There are two types of movement..."

• Siblings and Lessons, and Siblings Working Together

Montessori Toddler Lesson Activities:

• Open and Close Zips and Snaps (includes graphics)
• Sponging (includes graphic)
• Cleaning Spills (includes graphic)
• Sweeping (includes graphics)
• Putting on a Coat (includes graphic)
• Dry Pouring Into Bowl (includes graphic)
• Large Scrubbing (includes graphics)
• Small Scrubbing (includes graphics)
• Cheese Cutting (includes graphics)

• Froebel Bag (includes graphic)
• Geometric Solids Intro (includes graphics)
• Cylinder Blocks (includes graphic)
• Sorting Large Objects (includes graphic)
• Match Fabric (includes graphics)
• Sort Silverware (includes graphic)
• Color Box 1 (includes graphic)
• Thermic Tablets (includes graphic)
• Pink Tower (includes graphic)

• Feeding Fish (includes graphic)
• Insect Matching (includes graphic)

• Boats (Air) Experiments (includes graphic)

• Intro to Toddler Art (includes graphics)
• Toddler Art Projects (includes graphics)

• The Classified Picture Cards (includes graphic)
• Beginning First Sounds (includes graphics)

• Early Counting with Objects (includes graphics)

FAQ:

How is the program for two and three year olds different from the [above] program you offer for toddlers?

The above toddler program is for two-year olds and includes many of the Montessori materials found in a traditional Montessori toddler classroom and they can be expensive. Also, there are more lessons and activities for toddlers in the above toddler program.

The Montessori for twos and three year olds offers lessons and activities for both two and three year olds, and uses materials you can find at home and also buy less expensively, so the benefit is cost of materials and age group (two and three year olds). 

Testimonials:

"Thank you so much for your understanding and down-to-earth response to the travails of toddlerhood in our household!"--D.

"My daughter is 27 months old and this stuff is great!'--Joy

"I love your site-it's exactly what I spent 6 months looking for! The biggest help was the daily routine and how you set things up--knowing what someone else's Prepared Environment looked like really helped in creating ours. And when you get your child a plant to take care of, don't get a cactus."--Peggy 

"Hi, Lisa. I want to thank you for everything.... I appreciate all your assistance and everything you've done. You answered all my pressing questions and concerns and I feel like I've found better direction for our Montessori homeschool environment! And that's HUGE!"--Kristin

"I did the toddler program with you with my other son who is 2 1/2 earlier in the fall. THANK YOU so much for it --- I meant to say so earlier. Your activities were really wonderful and helped to tide us through until he was able to get into a preschool setting."-- :)Christina

Read heart-felt email letters about my infant & toddler activities from Viviane and Lianne!

More testimonials here!

FYI: Montessori infant toddler video from YouTube