Montessori activities.. What we've been doing!

We've been working hard on our Montessori activities, although admittedly there are days or periods that Mr. 3 doesn't want a bar of it! And that's ok, he is very super active so working on his concentration will be the main part of our focus at the start. So here is a round up of what we have been up to!

 Mr 3 loves puzzles so we placed all the pieces from 4 different puzzles into a basket and then he had to complete them all at the same time. I loved that he had to categorise the puzzles such as what was food, what was a farm animal, a mode of transport and jungle animals

 Miss 4 and Mr 3 loved baking ANZAC day cookies and were able to be part of the entire process including licking the spoon afterwards

 Mr and Miss 3 enjoyed using little medicine bottles to transfer coloured water. They have not yet mastered the art of replacing the water in the little tube after squeezing it out though!

Sorting these glass pebbles into different colours has been a popular activity, but a little too easy for the three-year-olds

 These fantastic wooden tiles from WWF are great for matching and sorting with many variations. In this pic, the two children are matching the animals and saying the name of the animal

Sorting plants and animals was fun. First we did the sort with the coloured sorting cards, then we used the black line masters in our Botany journals. The children LOVED pasting these in! (The sorting cards and blackline masters are from the Helpful Garden. AMAZING resource website!)

They LOVE setting their table for lunch and are getting better and better at it each day

 These are the coloured plant/animal sorting cards. The children loved using the Janod magnifying glasses

  Using little transport stamps, Mr 3 sorted the transport into air, land and water as part of our geography curriculum

 Using water beads to practice spooning was a major hit with Mr 3. Usually he has very little concentration so when he spent a full 10 mins doing this, I knew we were onto a winner!

 Even little Miss almost-two loves transferring her glass pebbles. Was very shocked that she didn't once put them near her mouth! She played with these literally ALL DAY! And yes, I am continuing to find them in weird places around the house

 I had very little expectations when introducing this sort. It's a vertebrate/invertebate sort and I honestly thought the three-year-olds would have no idea. Well they shocked me! They actualy caught the hang of this quite quickly, although I still had to help a fair bit. Just goes to show why I love Montessori!

 The three-year-olds have also enjoyed matching sea life creatures to picture cards I made up at the last minute. They did need prompting to look at the features and shapes of animals, but quickly got the hang of it.

I have been so shocked and surprised at what my children have been able to achieve and this is exactly why I love Montessori. Children are so much smarter than many give them credit for!