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Montessori Toddler & Preschool Activities for Two and Three Year Olds

Help me to do it myself.--Maria Montessori There's a place for everything and everything is in its place. Sensitivity for order in the environment is essential as breathing oxygen.--Maria Montessori

INCLUDES: Website access to my Montessori lesson activities for two and three year olds in pictures and text that are easy to download and save to your computer. Some are hand-made (or modified store bought) Montessori-style activities that you can prepare at home. My Montessori articles & documents including how to create a Montessori home environment My other documents & articles on: How to start, where to begin Frequently asked questions about how to create a Montessori home environment Creating activities Observing your child in the Montessori environment Get free or cheap materials for making activities Supplies and a must-have Montessori materials lists Recommended book list Storing materials & activities Creating a budget for materials & activities Forums and blogs to join for support Specific links to some free public Montessori material downloads Digital pictures of my own hand-made Montessori materials (when applicable) Optional e-mail consulting with me, a trained Montessori teacher, for six months Cost of program & how to pay

Montessori Articles and 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..."

• Daily Routine

• 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..." 

• The Human (Physical) Embryo: "Montessori says the spiritual expresses itself in the physical. Thinkers in every age have been struck by the astonishing fact that a being which at first does not exist should become a man or a woman able to think and to have ideas of his own. The infant starts from..."

• 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..."

• 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..."

• 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 Sensitive Periods: "The sensitive periods are transitory periods in the child's life during which time she is prompted by an inner urge to focus her attention on certain elements in her environment. The activities and impressions resulting from this activity help the child to..."

• Siblings and Lessons, and Siblings Working Together

• Social Grace & Courtesy: including Conflict Resolution; Care of the Environment FAQs; Discipline FAQs.

• 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?"]

Montessori Lesson Activities:

• Open and Close Zips and Snaps
• Open & Close (includes graphic)
• Sponging (includes graphic)
• Cleaning Spills (includes graphic)
• Sweeping (includes graphic)
• Putting on a Coat (includes graphic)
• Dry Pouring Into Bowl (includes graphic)
• Large Scrubbing (includes graphic)
• Small Scrubbing (includes graphic)
• Cheese Cutting (includes graphic)
• Pouring Activities (includes graphic)
• Water Pouring Activities (text only--no graphics)
• Advanced Pouring (includes graphic)
• Spooning Activities
• Tonging Activities 
• Tea Party Activities (includes graphic)
• Washing a Table (includes graphic)
• Washing a Window (includes graphic)
• Using Mats/Rugs in the Classroom (includes graphics)

• Sort Silverwarer (includes graphic)
• Sorting Large Objects (includes graphic)
• Sorting Small Objects One and Two including Button Sorting and Bead Sorting (includes graphic)
• Match Fabric (includes graphic)
• Froebel Bag (includes graphic)
• Geometric Solids Intro (includes graphics)
• Geometric Solids and Bases (includes graphics)
• Cylinder Blocks (includes graphic)
• Advanced Cylinder Blocks (includes graphic)
• Color Box 1 (includes graphic)
• Color Box 2 (includes graphic)
• Thermic Tablets (includes graphic)
• Pink Tower (includes graphic)
• Brown Stairs (includes graphic)
• Touch (Tactile) Boards (includes graphic)
• Touch (Tactile) Tablets (includes graphic)

• Feeding Fish (includes graphic)
• Insect Matching (includes graphic)
• Introduction to Animals (text only--no graphics)
• Classify Animals (includes graphics)

• Boats Experiment (includes graphic)
• Bubbles and Air One and Air Two Experiments (includes graphic)
• Sink and Float (includes graphic)

• Simple Toddler to Threes Art Projects (includes graphic)
• Metal Insets--beginning drawing of geometric shapes (includes graphics)
• Clay Activities (includes graphics)
• More Art Activities (includes graphics)

• Beginning First Sounds (includes graphic)
• The Classified Picture Cards (includes graphic)
• I Spy Game (text only--no graphics)
• Sand Paper Sounds/Letters (includes graphics)
• Write Sand Paper Sounds/Letters (text only--no graphics)

• Early Counting with Objects (includes graphic)
• Home-made Counting Activites (includes graphic)
• Number Rods--math counting 1-10 (includes graphics)
• Sand Paper Numbers 1-9 (includes graphic)
• Spindle Boxes--math counting 0-9 (includes graphic)
• Color Bead Stair--math counting 1-9 (includes graphic)

• Land and Water Forms (includes graphics)
• Land and Water Forms Match to Cards (includes graphics)
• And How to Make (text only--no graphics)
• Land and Water Globe (includes graphics)
• World Globe or Color Globe (includes graphics)

Social Grace & Courtesy:

• Conflict Resolution including Social Grace and Courtesy (text only--no graphics)
• Care of the Environment FAQs (text only--no graphics)
• Discipline FAQs (text only--no graphics)

Testimonials: 

"I just downloaded your activities, they are fantastic, I absolutely love it. Thank you for working so hard compiling it."--Kensie

"Hi! thanks so much for the wonderful resources.  we are living in sakhalin, russia so we are so excited that with your program stephen will be able to experience the montessori methods. thanks again!" --jackie

"I loved your program. I found it very helpful.... I teach head start in San Diego. We are not Montessori but I have the training and try to add Montessori when possible. Your [web]site was very good."--Diane Sabeghi

"I love your site-it's exactly what I spent 6 months looking for!...  Btw, 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. Thanks for your help!"--Peggy

"Thanks again for all of the easy to understand links and info. One of the things that grated on my nerves about my Montessori training was the all or nothing approach.  I felt like if the children picked up something the wrong way all was lost.  I don't feel that judgment from your material.  I know it is best to hold as fast and true to the original as possible but sometimes it isn't practical.  I am looking forward to integrating as much Montessori  as possible into my own style of teaching with my children. This is definitely giving me a place to start."--Cheryl

 
More testimonials here!

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