Crazy About Montessori

These fabric squares have lines sewn down the middle both ways.  The students fold the fabric on each line.  This teaches the students to...

Pom pom sorting is a BIG hit in our class I found a four sectioned tray at The Goodwill.  I then cut red, yellow, green, and blue pa...

I found some objects that are CVC words.  I then made some cards that had a picture of the object and the 3-letter word on them.  I then ...

Here a student is making an egg using an idea card. Here are the idea cards that I made for the students to use to get inspired to u...

The students put the numbers in order 1-10 then place the correct number of seeds (black beads) on the apples.

I presented the life cycle of an apple tree to the students (the cards that I used are not pictured).  The students then cut out the pict...

I found a few items around the house and classroom to use for this work.  Then I drew a picture of each item with the heading "What ...

First I present the number rods in order and show them how to match the numeral to the rod.  Then I mix the rods up and have them place t...

For this work the students create the shapes and learn how many sides each shape has by placing the popsicle sticks on the lines of the s...

I cut an apple in half and showed the students the parts of an apple.  I then placed the apple on a tray with a magnifying glass and put ...

The students use letter tiles to spell the color words.  They just have to match the letter tile to the letters on each card.  To make it...

I made this apple tree and attached some red, green and yellow circle stickers and then laminated it.  The students use tongs to place re...

A few years ago I attended a Handwriting Without Tears workshop.  This is an exciting curriculum that teaches students about proper ways ...

Here is the hanging bead stair 1-9 and an extension sheet that the students can do.  Once the students have been introduced to the bead s...

I got these lowercase magnetic letters from Lakeshore   The consonents are blue and the vowels are red just like the moveable alphabet.  ...

Recently I was given the opportunity to do a presentation at our staff meeting about safe words and some tips about Montessori teaching.  I ...

This work has pegs that vary in color from darkest to lightest.  The children have to sort the colors first.  Then they take a peg and dr...

I purchased this number puzzle from the dollar section at Target.  I also found an alphabet puzzle.  The students love them.  This is my ...

When we were learning about the farm we talked about corn.  We decided to have the children husk some corn and cook it for snack.  We ...

Before the children come into the classroom we ask them to change into slippers.  This helps them be more comfortable in the classroom, k...