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Honey Bees: Cooking in the Montessori Children’s House

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I am honored to share with you this simple food preparation activity from the Cooking in the Children’s House series by Megan Ray Durkin.  Megan has a goal — to help children feel they are stewards of the earth and true citizens of the world. The projects from Cooking in the Children’s House blend her appreciation for children’s […]

A Year of Montessori Fine Motor Shelves

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“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 […]

Holiday Gifts Your Child Can Sew

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Please welcome Aimee Fagan!  Aimee’s work on the Montessori Works Blog has been an inspiration to me for a long time.  Aimee is a trained Montessori teacher and she has some wonderful resources for the practical life area of the classroom.  She also writes about her experiences raising her children in a Montessori home.  Today she […]

On the Fine Motor Shelf in May

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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 […]

Fine Motor Activities for Spring

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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 […]

December Fine Motor Shelf

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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 […]

Bugs! Fine Motor and Art Activities on the Shelf

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We’ve been learning about bugs:  butterflies, ladybugs, grasshoppers, spiders, and cicadas! Affiliate links are used in this post for your convenience.  Read my full affiliate disclosure here. The children have begun to bring bugs in that they’ve discovered on their walks.  Here we have a black and yellow millipede in this critter case. Examining cicada shells in […]

St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activities

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We have rainbows in the class, but St. Patrick’s Day won’t be complete without a little green! Here’s our fine motor shelf for March Pouring On the very top are our pouring activities, in various shades of green. The mini leprechaun hats are from the Dollar Store and the trays are from Montessori Services (affiliate link). […]