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Montessori Math Lesson Plans for 3- to 9-Year-Olds

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

The program includes:

  • Web site access for one year to my Montessori lesson plans and articles in Math, Fractions & Geometry appropriate for three- to nine-year-olds 
  • The average lesson plan is one to three pages long... some have graphics, some are text only
  • Lesson plans are easy to download and save to your computer
  • Web site access to my password protected picture galleries of my Montessori hand-made materials (when applicable)

Montessori lesson plans & activities:

Math for 3- to 4-year-olds:
  • Number Rods 1-10
  • Sand Paper Numbers 0-9
  • Spindle Boxes 0-9
  • Color Bead Stair 1-9
  • Counting 11-19 with Teen Beads
  • Counting 11-19 with Teen Boards and Combine with Teen Beads
  • Counting 20-99 with Ten Beads & Boards
Math for 5- to 6-year-olds:
  • Introduction to Golden Beads 1-100
  • Introduction to Symbols 1-9000
  • Golden Beads & Symbols (Function of the Decimal System & Symbols)
  • 100 Chain
  • Formation of Complex Numbers with Golden Beads and Symbols
  • Simple Addition with Golden Beads
  • Addition or Positive Snake Game
  • Addition Strip Board
  • Subtraction Simple with Golden Beads
  • 100 Chain
  • Addition Positive Strip Board
  • Addition Charts
  • Addition Stamp Game
  • Subtraction Negative Snake Game
  • Subtraction with Golden Beads
  • Subtraction Negative Strip Board
  • Subtraction Charts
  • Subtraction Stamp Game
  • Dynamic Addition with Golden Beads
  • Dynamic Subtraction with Golden Beads
Fractions for 5- to 6-year-olds:
  • Introductory Lesson
  • Naming
  • Halves
  • Thirds
  • Fraction Tickets (writing fraction symbols)
  • Equivalents
Math for 6- to 7-year-olds:
  • Skip Counting
  • Subtraction Stamp Game
  • Subtraction in Stages
  • Cube Chain of Five
  • 1000 Chain
  • Carrying
  • Dynamic Addition with the Stamp Game
  • Dynamic Subtraction with the Stamp Game
  • Multiplication Tables with Colored Beads
  • Multiplication with Golden Beads
  • Dynamic Multiplication with Golden Beads
Geometry for 6- to 7-year-olds:
  • Introduction to Geometry
  • Introduction to the Square of Pythagoras
  • Square of Pythagoras
  • Cones & Cylinders
  • Cubes
  • Polygons
  • Prisms
  • Pyramids
  • Geometry Commands 1-39 (39 activities)
Math for 7- to 8-year-olds:
  • Simple Division with Golden Beads
  • Multiplication with the Stamp Game
  • Dynamic Multiplication with Stamp Game
  • Multiplication Board
  • Multiplication Charts
  • Dynamic Division with Golden Beads
  • Long Division with Golden Beads
  • Short Bead Frame
    • Short Bead Frame: math problems with paper
    • Short Bead Frame: forming numbers
    • Short Bead Frame: addition
    • Short Bead Frame: subtraction
    • Short Bead Frame: multiplication
  • The Dot Game Addition
  • Linear Counting with 100 Bead Chain advanced
  • Powers of Numbers (Bead Board of Powers)
Fractions for 7- to 8-year-olds:
  • Addition
  • Subtraction
  • Multiplication
  • Division
Geometry for 7- to 8-year-olds:
  • The Line and Its Parts
  • Nomenclature and Details of Geometry
  • The Sticks
  • Presentation of the Plane
  • Position of a Straight Line
  • Three Concepts from Space to the Plane
  • Two Straight Lines Lying in the Same Plane
  • Two Straight Parallel Lines
  • Divergent Lines
  • Convergent Lines
  • Prolonging the Lines
  • Study of Angles
Math for 8- to 9-year-olds:
  • Hierarchies
  • Long Bead Frame
  • Division:
  • Division Board
  • Stamp Game Simple Division
  • Stamp Game Dynamic Division
  • Stamp Game Long Division
  • Short Division with Division Board and Skittles
  • Long Division (with two division boards)
  • Second Stage of Long Division
  • Multiples (bead cabinet chains, arrows & bead bars):
  • Multiples Chart 1-100
  • Search for the Least Common Multiple
  • Search for the Greatest Common Multiple
  • Abstraction
  • Least Common Multiple
  • Greatest Common Divisor
  • Last Passage to Abstraction Using Prime Numbers and Powers
  • Divisibility with Decimal System Material
  • Numbers Divisible by 25
  • Numbers Divisible by 9 & 3
  • Study of Interest with Money
  • Principal Capital, Rate of Interest, Time
  • Math History:
    • Egyptian Hieroglyphic System
    • Comparison with English Language System
    • Writing of the Numbers and the Direction of Writing