Sunday, October 28, 2007

Setting up you a Montessori Home Environment

Setting up a Montessori area in your home for can seem like a daunting task at first. There are so many wonderful Montessori materials, how do you choose the best ones for your 3-6 year old? Here is a list to help you set up a Montessori area with the essentials:

Setting up the room/area:
* Lots of shelves
* Child sized table and chairs
* Display art work at child's eye level (change frequently)
* A pet to care for
*Live plants
*Art easel with paint and smock all out and available for your child as he/she wishes

Language area:
*Age appropriate Books
*Sand Paper Letters
*Movable Alphabet

Math:
*Baskets with objects to sort and classify and count
*Sand Paper Numbers
*Spindle Boxes

Sensorial:
*Smell Jars
*Color tablets
*Pink Tower
*Feely bags (different textures in a bag)


Practical Life:
*Child sized duster, broom, sponge
*pouring work

2 comments:

Kelly said...

please keep posting on this blog. I enjoy the entries and the simplicity you have introduced to setting up this environment. This site has been very helpful!

Melissa Spurgiesz said...

just started montessori at home. Thanks for the simple list of MUST HAVE items!