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Fine Motor

A Year of Montessori Fine Motor Shelves

December 26, 2014 By Seemi

A Year of Montessori Fine Motor Shelves

“Practical Life” is a huge area of the Montessori Curriculum.  It’s about giving children opportunities to engage in real everyday activities such as taking care of themselves and their surroundings, preparing food, cleaning up etc.  Real. Life. Stuff. Many Montessori teachers call their fine motor activities Practical Life activities.  I think of them more as […]

Filed Under: Classroom Organization, Practical Life Tagged With: Beginning of School, Fine Motor

Preliminary Practical Life Exercises

October 3, 2014 By Seemi

Preliminary Practical Life Exercises

The Practical Life activities in a Montessori classroom are designed to be purposeful work that lead the child to an understanding of his environment and how it works.  These activities are appealing to the young child as they resemble everyday activities the child has seen adults complete.  The Practical Life Area of the classroom encompasses: […]

Filed Under: Practical Life Tagged With: Beginning of School, Fine Motor

Activities for a Beach Theme

June 1, 2014 By Seemi

Simple Preschool Activities for a Beach Theme

We’re ready for summer and we’re starting to feel beachy! Shell Scrubbing Sorting seashells by size Spooning marbles onto a starfish suction mat Tweezing ocean themed mini beads onto a fish suction mat Scooping white pompoms with an ice cream scoop Spooning beach sand

Filed Under: Practical Life, Seasonal Tagged With: Beach, Fine Motor, Summer

On the Fine Motor Shelf in May

May 11, 2014 By Seemi

On the Fine Motor Shelf in May., Great for a preschool spring theme

Sorting Birch Discs Sorting Paper Flowers Tonging Mini Eggs in Nests Tonging Feathers Spooning Seeds in Sunflower Dishes Spooning and Sorting Gems Pouring from a Mini Watering Can Using a Spoon and Funnel More Shelf Activities for Spring Preschool Literacy Activities for Spring Fine Motor Activities for Spring 18 Shelf Activities for Spring  Learning About Flowers […]

Filed Under: Practical Life, Seasonal Tagged With: Fine Motor, May, Spring

Fine Motor Activities for Spring

April 27, 2014 By Seemi

Pouring into two containers Using an eye dropper Miniature pouring Eggs and Chicks Open and Close Transferring Plastic Eggs Bugs in the Grass Tweezing Activity.  You can find plastic grass like this at the craft store or try Amazon (affiliate link). The tiny bugs were from a local teacher supply store. Scooping Corn Kernels.  Wooden trays like […]

Filed Under: Practical Life, Seasonal Tagged With: April, Fine Motor, Spring

December Fine Motor Shelf

December 8, 2013 By Seemi

December and Christmas Fine Motor Activities

Here are some pictures of our fine motor shelves all decked out in red and green to celebrate the season 🙂 December Fine Motor Fun! Pouring from a festive votive candle holder Tonging little ornaments into a candle holder we found at a thrift store. This little peg board is from the dollar store.  I […]

Filed Under: Practical Life Tagged With: Christmas, December, Fine Motor, Winter

November Fine Motor Shelf

November 3, 2013 By Seemi

November Fine Motor Shelf

Here are some of the fine motor activities we have lined up for November! Gotta bring out the turkey baster in November! Tweezing corn kernels. We picked up some ears of corn when we went on our field trip to the farm a couple of weeks ago. This one requires a little more dexterity.  Picking […]

Filed Under: Practical Life, Seasonal Tagged With: Autumn, Fine Motor, November

On the Shelves in October

October 6, 2013 By Seemi

On the Shelves in October

  Fine Motor shelves with an October theme Pouring acorns Tweezing mini pumpkins into a pumpkin icecube tray Spooning and pouring corn kernels Spooning lima bean ghosts.  Thanks to Pinterest for the inspiration! Gluing-on-a-dot using Halloween themed confetti Making a jack-o-lantern with basic shapes We have these Halloween themed paper punches available on the art […]

Filed Under: Art, Practical Life, Seasonal Tagged With: Autumn, Fine Motor, October

Flower Activities

May 19, 2013 By Seemi

Learning about flowers in kindergarten

We were given such a spectacular display of flowers for Teacher Appreciation week that we thought it was time to bring out our floral works!   Sensorial Exploration   Different Kinds of Flowers We have a ridiculous number of picture matching cards and they’re all out on the shelves!  I may donate some of these to […]

Filed Under: Language, Practical Life, Science Tagged With: Botany, Fine Motor, May, plants

Africa Themed Fine Motor Trays

April 28, 2013 By Seemi

Africa Themed Fine Motor Activities

We made a few minor changes to our fine motor shelf this week.   The pouring shelf is practically the same as it has been all month. We just changed the color to green to coordinate with the color of Africa on the Montessori continent globe. Most of the other trays include some sort of […]

Filed Under: Geography, Practical Life Tagged With: Africa, Fine Motor

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