Learning Areas

Language

Grammar

Grammar is a whole system of a language. These rules tell us how to use different types of words and in what order.

Grammar Activities

Oral Language

Oral language means using spoken words and sounds to share thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Greeting the teacher and having a conversation have become second nature and part of the daily routine in Montessori.

Oral Language Activities

Reading 

Montessori gets children involved in reading activities with baby steps. Children begin with recognizing objects in cards, then they learn the sound of letters, before combining them to read a word. 

Reading Activities

Vocabulary

Vocabulary means knowing what words mean and how to spell them. Montessori uses three key steps to introduce new vocabulary and concepts to a child: naming, recognition, and recall.

Vocabulary Activities

Writing

Writing uses letters and symbols to share thoughts and ideas clearly. There are many writing activities in the Montessori preschool classroom, such as tracing letters, copying words, and writing names. 

Writing Activities

Montessori language activities are activities that develop children’s oral language, as well as the skills to begin reading and writing. In Montessori, children are exposed to language from infancy. 

Language Activities

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Materials

Bank Games

Montessori Bank Game is an activity where a child is given a number using the wooden number cards and then goes to the "bank" to get the corresponding golden bead material.

Beads

In Montessori education, beads are to teach children math, especially in counting, and learn hundreds and thousands. Beads can also aid in completing addition, subtraction, or multiplication. 

Bells 

Montessori Bells are materials that consist of 2 sets; a working and a control set. There are 13 bells for each set. The bells start in the middle C and go up to form a full octave. 

Bells

Boards

Many Montessori materials are boards; from sensorial touch boards to different math manipulatives. They are designed to engage the senses while building a sequential approach to learning. 

Bottles

Bottles are also used in Montessori as learning materials. They are especially used to provide sensory lessons for children.

Boxes

There are many Montessori materials that use boxes. Some of the popular ones are imbucare boxes. Children can insert coins, balls, or other objects through the box’s slot or hole.

Brown Stairs

The brown stairs or broad stairs are a sensorial material to develop the child's awareness of size differences and is introduced in the primary years. It's a set of ten wooden brown blocks and square prisms.

Cabinets

Montessori cabinets consist of different shapes of leaves and geometry. It allows children to learn that there are many shapes in nature and math.

Cards

Card is one of the famous materials used in Montessori learning used to let a child learn about different subjects in a fun way. Flashcards, land form cards, and 3-part cards are some of examples. 

Charts

Charts are visual tools used to learn math. Charts have images to help children understand the concepts easily.

Circles, Squares, and Triangles

Circles, squares, and triangles are a set of basic geometric shapes in three colors, red, yellow, and blue. The shapes come in various sizes.

Creative Plays

Creative plays are materials and activities that encourage children to explore their creativity. 

Cubes

Montessori has two popular cubes that children love to tinker with, the binomial and the trinomial cubes. The cubes consist of 8 wooden blocks that kids need to assemble to be able to fit in a box. 

Cylinders

Cylinders are sensorial materials that are shaped like cylinders. Some examples of cylinder materials include knobless cylinders and pressure cylinders.

Discs

Montessori discs are simple round tools made of wood, sometimes with a dowel. They come in different sizes, colors, and textures for children to explore and compare. 

Dressing Frames

Dressing frames are materials for Montessori practical life. The aim is to help children learn to dress themselves. They are important materials to help children do self-care 

Fraction Circles

Fraction circles are made to help children learn about fractions and basic math. They're divided into equal parts, showing fractions of a whole.

Globes

Globes are Montessori geography materials. The globes have different colors and textures for land and sea. Children will learn through touches.  

Grammar Symbols

Grammar symbols are symbols that are used to represent parts of speech in grammar. Grammar symbols include the 3d wooden grammar symbols set with tray, basic wooden grammar symbols with box, and noun and verb solids.

Kitchenware

Montessori-aligned kitchenware includes cooking tools made for children to learn to cook. These utensils are made smaller and safer for children to use, so they can cook with confidence. 

Magnets

Magnets are items that pull or push other magnetic objects. Magnets can be found in puzzles, building blocks, and many more items.

Maps

Montessori maps are one of the tools to expose children to the world they live in. Geography itself is one of the subjects in the Montessori cultural subject.

Movable Alphabets

Movable alphabets consist of 1 or 2 wooden boxes with 26 compartments. Inside the compartments are letters, consonants in pink, and vowels in blue. This material is for learning to read and write. 

Pink Towers

Pink towers are 10 wooden cubes in pink, each of the cubes is different in size, from 1 cubic centimeter to 10 cubic centimeters. Since the cubes are pink, hence the name pink towers. 

Place Value Working Mat

Place value working mats are mats that are designed to help children understand the concept of place value.  They are typically divided into four colors, each representing a different place value.

Rods

Rods are one of Montessori's sensorial materials. There are numbers and long red rods that help children learn to count. Each rod has a different length, each is 10 cm longer than the previous one.

Sandpaper Letters

Sandpaper letters are cards containing letters on sandpaper. Vowels are blue and consonants are pink. Children use this to trace letters and it helps to prepare them for writing and reading. 

Sets

Sets are collections of hands-on materials that are designed to develop and enhance skills. Some examples of sets are pouring sets and transferring sets. 

Table of Pythagoras

The table of pythagoras is a set of squares and rectangles that are color-coded and need to be arranged to complete the square of a decanomial.

Tablets

Tablets are a set of sensorial materials that are shaped like a tablet. Some examples of tablets are baric tables, color tablets. and thermic tablets.

Tools

Tools are a variety of items that can be used for different purposes. Tools include brooms, wheelbarrows, shovels, and more.

Trays

Trays are important items in a Montessori environment that children learn how to carry a tray early on. Trays are used to display material and are organized on a shelf for easy access. 

Treasure Baskets

Treasure baskets are baskets that are filled with various objects for children to discover and explore.

Triangles

Triangles are Montessori sensorial materials. There are several triangles, including Constructive Triangles. The triangles are used to create different shapes.

Montessori materials are learning tools to encourage children to master a skill on their own. Children can learn on their own through repetition and practice. 

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