Montessori Lessons

Here are a few of the new Montessori inspired lessons we've been testing out the past few days. I've found some awesome printables on Montessori Mom and Montessori for Everyone and I've given the laminator a good workout these past couple of nights to prepare the new lessons. The boys have been responding SO well to them - Sawyer has been asking "Can we do more school now?" over and over again, so it must be working!

Springtime Themed Matching Cards - First lay out one whole set in neat rows, and then take the second set and match them up with the first set.

Dice Sequencing Strips - Making Them All Read "One"

Sutton likes to try it too, even though he doesn't really understand the concept yet

Matching animal cards (4 sizes each of 3 different animals) into the correct order on the corresponding chart

Grandma got Sawyer this really cool write-on/wipe-off book for tracing letters and vehicles. He did all the letters here except the Ks and the uppercase G!

They're both still REALLY into the pouring exercise. We've switched to dry pinto beans to make it a little easier, and now we've progressed on to also transferring from one bowl to another with a spoon.

Transferring water from one dish to another with a big sponge

Definitely a big hit with this guy!

Holly, this is as close as I can get to laminating the kids to clean 'em off easier lol!

Sawyer playing the Shamrock Pattern Match file folder game that I made last night. This one was a lot tougher since the patterns are really similar, so it took him awhile, but he was so proud when he correctly finished it!