We enjoy learning about birds during the spring. From eggs, to feathers, to nests, there is a lot to explore! One of our readers, Dagmar Brumovska shared this fantastic bird egg activity with us… including a free printable! You can find this printable in Dagmar’s brand new TpT store HERE. Make sure you follow her […]
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Montessori Resources for Learning About Frogs and Amphibians
One of our students recently brought in a tadpole she had discovered while enjoying a day at the pond with her Meemaw (grandmother). We spent the whole afternoon observing the little creature and talking about all kinds of froggy things! We pulled out our frog life cycle cards and models and learned about how tadpoles […]
Montessori Resources for Learning About Europe
Learning About Europe | Trillium Montessori These are some of the activities we’ve enjoyed while learning about Europe at my school. Europe Printable Packs | Trillium Montessori Shop Be sure to check out the Europe themed printables in my shop. Unit: Europe | Pinterest Find more learning ideas and resources on my Europe Pinterest Board […]
Get Ready for March
It’s time to start getting ready for March! Try the following resources to help you prepare your preschool and Montessori shelves. Click the images below for details and tons of ideas! Related Products Click the images for details. (Affiliate links may be included in this post. See full disclosures here.)
A Tour of Pine Cottage
I am delighted to feature Pine Cottage from the Montessori School of Syracuse (MSS) in our Classroom Showcase series this week! My Montessori spiritual roots lie at this school. This was the school where I first discovered Montessori. I found a job here as an assistant teacher right out of grad school. I then went for […]
Learning About the Festival of Diwali
I am delighted to welcome Amruta Ram to the Trillium Montessori blog! Amruta lives in India and is passionate about early learning. She is the mom of a toddler who she is raising using Montessori principles. In this guest post, Amruta shares some of the activities she has created for her child as they get […]
Care of Self for Montessori Teachers
If you have Montessori training for the 0-6 year old levels, then you are familiar with the section in your Practical Life Album called “Care of Self”. This section covers all kinds of exercises to help young children learn to take care of themselves such as dressing, blowing their nose, preparing a snack for themselves, […]
The Montessori Toddler
Simone Davies from The Montessori Notebook is working on a fantastic book about raising toddlers in a Montessori way. You can get all the details on her Kickstarter page and pre-order a copy for yourself too! Here’s Simone on a recent FB Live explaining her project Simone has graciously offered to give away a copy […]
Pumpkin Patch Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
We will be taking a field trip to the pumpkin patch in a couple of weeks. To prepare, our classroom is starting to fill up with “pumpkiny” activities. If you haven’t already downloaded my free October Seasonal Guide for the Classroom with pictures of our seasonal activities for the month, you can get all the details in the […]
Mega Back to School Bundle
Are you ready for back to school? The Kid Bloggers have pooled their resources once again to bring you this enormous bundle of educational printables to help you get your school year off to a great start! This is for you if: You teach preschool or Kindergarten You are the parent/caregiver of a preschooler […]