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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

More Nursery Rhyme Activities


"The objects, which I gave the children, were like a key to a clock, but with a significant difference.  After is is wound, the clock continues to run by itself, and after a child is given an object to use, he not only continues to work with it, but his efforts leave him mentally stronger and healthier than before."

--Maria Montessori



Juice cup prisms




Noisemakers filled with grain
Tuna can, balloon, tape
tp roll stapled in different directions
(thank you to my Montessori music teacher)


Practical Life


Little BoPeep
Matching

 

Other examples of Montessori matching activities



Twinkle, Twinkle
Transfer with Tweezers


Other examples of Montessori transferring with tweezers 
(the ice cube tray is more practical than attractive)


Other Montessori

Lucy Locket
Bow tying


Another example of Montessori bow tying




Seek til You Find It
Mirror Polishing
(Turn the Q-tips to the bottom)



Another example of Montessori mirror polishing

Sensorial

Little Betty Blue
Olfactory (smell) Matching


Another example of Montessori olfactory work




Three Little Kittens 
Fabric (Tactile) Matching


Other examples of Montessori fabric matching



Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen
Thermic Ovoids
the metal one has a chime inside
(paper and stone, wood not shown)

                                                 

Another example of a Montessori thermic work
(thermic relates to heat)


She Sells Seashells
Tactile



Other examples of Montessori tactile activities
Rough and smooth



Matching and sorting




Ring Around the Rosies
Tactile


Another example of something interesting to touch

Language

A Tisket, a Tasket
Writing (make rubbings)



Other examples of Montessori tactile letter activities
Sandpaper letters and moveable alphabet




This is the House that Jack Built
Sequence


Other examples of Montessori sequence materials


Math

Ride a Cock Horse 
(Rings on her fingers, & bells on her toes)
Premath 1 to 1 Correspondence
(I would probably straighten the chain)

                            


Other examples of Montessori 1 to 1 correspondence






Hot Cross Buns
Linear Counting/Addition (+1)
This would also work for 1 to 1 correspondence (see above)



The Queen of Hearts



Cultural

Old MacDonald
Vertebrate 3 part cards






Other examples of Montessori vertebrate/invertebrate work
 (sorting & 3 part cards)




Other ideas

Flower Arranging
(Cut flowers.  They place them in the green block)




Fruit Identification
Sensorial/Tactile (close eyes) or Language (vocabulary)







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