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Lisa Nolan's
Montessori for the Earth
Since 1998!
Affordable Online Montessori &
Homeschool Programs &
Consulting for 0- to 9-Year-Olds

Ideal for families on a tight budget!

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Montessori & Homeschool Preschool Activities for 4 to 5-Year-Olds

Recommended for parents, homeschoolers, and educators who do not have 3 to 6 primary Montessori albums or training manuals.

Cost for one year access: 

  • 12.99 to 15.99
About the progam:
  • Includes website access for one year to my Montessori lesson plans for four- to five-year-olds in pictures and or text. Some lessons have picture galleries (multiple pictures).
  • And my Montessori articles and documents in text that are easy to download and save to your computer.
  • Free access for one year to my Montessori Math and Language programs for 3- to 9-Year-Olds.
  • Specific links to free public Montessori material downloads.
  • Where to find the best deals for Montessori materials in Culture, Geography, Language, Math, Practical Life, Science, Sensorial, and Telling Time.
  • Digital pictures of my own hand-made Montessori materials (when applicable).
  • Ideal for homeschoolers who want to add Montessori to their home school curriculum and educators who want to add Montessori to their classoom curriculum.
Documents included: 
  • How to start, where to begin 
  • Setting up a Montessori environment for 3- to 5-year-olds
  • 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 list and a must-have Montessori materials list
  • Recommended Montessori book list (with personal reviews from me!)
  • Storing materials & activities
  • Creating a budget for materials & activities
  • Forums and blogs to join for support
  • Plus, Montessori and Homeschool FAQs for 3 to 9-year-olds (Now a book on Kindle!)
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May I Suggest:

Teach Me to Do It Myself: Montessori Activities for You and Your Child by M. Pitamic

Basic Montessori : Learning Activities for Under-Fives by David Gettman

Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-school Years by E. G. Hainstock

There are affiliate product links on this website. If you click on them and make a purchase, I get a small commission. This small commission, in turn, funds a few Montessori materials and activities and books I can get for my son. So I want to give a big thank you in advance of any purchases you make!--Lisa Nolan

Montessori Lesson Plans Included:

Sensorial:
  • Geometric Cabinet Puzzle Shapes (includes graphics)
  • Smelling Bottles--matching (includes graphic)
  • Sound Cylinders--matching (includes graphic)
  • Thermic Bottles--matching (includes graphic)
  • Geometric Cards (includes graphic)
  • Practical Life:
    • Snaps (includes graphics)
    • Buttoning (includes graphics)
    • Cut Faded Flowers (includes graphics)
    • Weeding (text only--no graphics)
    • Sewing in a nutshell (text only--no graphics)
    Language 4 year olds: The study of Aesop's fables (text only--no graphics)

    Language 5 year olds:

    • Dictation and Phonograms--writing/spelling (includes graphics)
    • Introduction to Reading (no graphics)
    • First Reading Lesson with Object Box (text only--no graphics)
    • Reading Tablets/Cards (includes graphics)
    • Labeling--writing/spelling (includes graphics)
    Math:
    • Cards & Counters--1-10 (includes graphics)
    • Counting 11-19 with Teen Beads (includes graphics)
    • Counting 11-19 with Teen Boards and Combine with Teen Beads (includes graphics)
    • Counting 20-99 with Ten Beads & Boards (includes graphics)
    Geography:
    • Animals of the World--continents (includes graphics)
    • People of the World--continents (includes graphics)
    • Continent Puzzle Maps (includes graphics)
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    Montessori Articles Included:

    • 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..."
    • Daily Routine and Circle Time
    • 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..."
    • Montessori Environment Shelves
    • 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
    • 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..." 
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    There are affiliate product links on this website. If you click on them and make a purchase, I get a small commission. This small commission, in turn, funds a few Montessori materials and activities and books I can get for my son. So I want to give a big thank you in advance of any purchases you make!--Lisa Nolan