Montessori at my house....

So tomorrow is our first day of school. It would be more accurate to say that it is our first day of intentional learning time, since we really do try to live an educational life. The main difference between this week and last week will be that DS will be doing more stuff he wouldn't choose to do on his own. (This basically boils down to math, phonics and writing. He doesn't hate them, but they sure aren't his favourite! ) The other difference is that Dd will be introduced to some new montessori activities and higher expectations in terms of maintaining focus and completing a process.

Since I am often asked what i do with Dd (3) when I am working with Ds (7) I thought I would post some photos of a few of our montessori trays that she will be working with over the next few weeks.


Water transferring. I will change the containers pretty often and add stuff, like a funnel or a pitcher, or a few small containers and one large pitcher. I might add glitter or food colouring. The sponge is for spills.

This is sorting butterfly jewels by colour.

Sorting items by small, medium and large.

Rough and smooth.

I will add a blindfold later on.

Transferring pompoms with
tongs, as demonstrated by Ds.
There are three of each colour,
and seven colours - so I snuck a bit
of math in there.

A little basket for stamping.

Cutting. I printed solid lines on paper.
She cuts along the lines and into the basket.
Later the cuttings will be used for gluing.