Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult facilitates this exercise for the first time then the child may work independently with the basket Prerequisites The child must have some knowledge of different animals and the way which they move (If you feel your child needs more experience before […]
Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this activity requires the adult to facilitate the activity Prerequisites The child must have some control of their coordination of movement, the purpose of building silence requires the ultimate control and coordination of movement by being completely still and quiet The more experience the child […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this exercise requires the adult to facilitate Prerequisites None Materials None Preparation None Steps Invite the child to the activity, this activity may be done with siblings as usually in the Montessori 3-6 classroom this exercise is done in a group or […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this exercise is facilitated by the adult Prerequisites None Materials None Preparation None Steps Invite the child to the activity, this activity may be done with siblings as usually in the Montessori 3-6 classroom this exercise is done in a group or […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this exercise requires the adult to facilitate the activity by giving the child experience with comparative (long, longer, short, shorter) and superlative (long, longest, short, shortest) language using sticks in the outdoor environment as a resource Prerequisites The child must be able to concentrate on […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Low, mostly preparation, modelling and supervision. Once the child has been shown encourage independent repetition Prerequisites Beneficial but not essential that the child can recognise numerals 1-6 Materials Chalk (for outdoors) OR Painters tape/masking tape (for indoors) Preparation Using the chalk or […]
Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium the first time showing the child then low once the child works independently Prerequisites None Materials Items typically found outdoors for example leaves, twigs, rocks, bark, flowers, gumnuts etc A basket or bag for the child to collect the objects Preparation None Steps […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this activity requires the adult to be the facilitator, low for older children who may be able to play this game without an adult Prerequisites None Materials Small object to pass around (the “potato”) for example a bean bag, a ball or a […]
Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this exercise requires some preparation, low once the child has been shown and works independently Prerequisites None Materials Cards with indigenous symbols Tray with sides Coloured sand Tray to place the materials Small dustpan and brush for the child to independently sweep and sand […]
Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during the initial set up then low once the child monitors the celery experiment and writes/draws her own observations Prerequisites The child must be able to carry out a task with a sequence of steps in The child must have an interest in science experiments […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this activity requires adult assistance for younger children, low for older children once they have been shown Prerequisites None Materials Black, yellow and red washable paint 3 paint pots 3 paintbrushes Paper Preparation Put a small amount of black, yellow and red […]
Recommended Age: 2 and a half years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium the first time showing the child, then low when the child explores independently Prerequisites None Materials Sand Water Bucket or jug Preparation If you don’t have a sandpit at home you can take your child to the closest beach or […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during initial presentation then low when the child works independently Prerequisites The child must have some form of fine motor control in their fingers and wrist to manipulate the paintbrush Materials A tray A palette with paints (only 2 colours for the […]
Recommended Age: 18 months and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: High for younger children (12months to 3 years) as they require close supervision and may try to mouth the paint, low for older children, 3 years and onwards after the initial presentation Prerequisites None Materials Finger paint (consistency of mud) Shallow bowl to place paint in […]
(see template for cutting strips) Recommended Age: 2 and 1/5 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during initial presentation and setting up the activity then low once the child can work independently Prerequisites none Materials Scissors (blunt tip, child sized) Basket or tray to carry scissors and paper on Construction paper of different […]
Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must facilitate this game by giving oral instructions Prerequisites The child must be able to listen to and follow instructions The child must know how to safely carry a chair Materials A chair Preparation Select a suitable chair to use for the […]
Recommended Age: 2 and ½ years and on Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, although this exercise requires no material or setting up, the adult must facilitate the game. This game may be played anywhere for example in the car, waiting in a queue, on a walk etc Prerequisites None Materials None Preparation None Steps […]
Recommended Age: 4 years and on Level of Parent Involvement: High, the parent must do a 3 period lesson with the child and maintain a record of which puzzle words the child has mastered and which ones they are working on, regular 3 period lessons with the puzzle words are required until the child has memorised them […]
Recommended Age: 4-5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium Prerequisites The child must have a repertoire of at least 8-10 Sandpaper letters The child must have had experience in phonetic word building using the moveable alphabet Materials Strips of paper A writing pencil A tray Preparation Cut up some short strips of paper Steps […]
Recommended Age: 3 and ½ to 4 years Level of Parent Involvement: Low once shown Prerequisites The child must be able to count accurately from 1-6 The child must be able to identify numerals 1-6 Materials A die Pencil, paper and ruler Preparation Create a grid on a piece of paper with 6 squares On […]
