This Wednesday, I had so much fun doing a little tour of my Montessori toddler classroom on Facebook live. I was able to answer people’s questions live and show you around at the same time. I had such a lovely response and it’s been viewed already 10,000 times! So fun. So, want to have a look around? This is perfect if you want to: see how we set up our snack area for the toddlers to make their own snackadmire our climbing wall, cosy cube and music + movement activitiesget a glimpse … [Read more...] about A live tour of Montessori toddler classroom in Amsterdam – The Montessori Notebook
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The ultimate list of Montessori activities for babies, toddlers and preschoolers
Hi everyone, I have been busy with this list of Montessori activities for babies, toddlers and preschoolers for weeks! I’m so happy with how it has turned out. Download the pdf and look up your child’s age and you will see age-appropriate activities for all areas – daily life, eye-hand coordination, language, music and movement, food preparation activities and art and self expression activities. The guide is broken down into activities for babies up to 6 months, older babies from 6 … [Read more...] about The ultimate list of Montessori activities for babies, toddlers and preschoolers
Books for Montessori children
I have been working on something special for you all – a guide to choosing books for Montessori children PLUS a list of all my favourite books in my school library. That’s 75 books that are read over and over again in my class and which I will never get bored of. 1. Choosing books for Montessori children As a Montessori teacher, I get back to basics when I choose books for children based on Dr Montessori’s ideas about young children. So we are looking for these 6 things: based in … [Read more...] about Books for Montessori children
Three-Period lesson
Today I wanted to share with you something from the classroom. It’s a process for teaching kids that Montessori teachers use and which is playful, interactive, and respectful to the child. So let’s jump right in! A three-period lesson This process of teaching kids is called a three-period lesson, basically a lesson in 3 parts. It is a way of presenting new information to your child. It’s going to be a lot more organic than what I write here, but will give you the idea! In our … [Read more...] about Three-Period lesson