I hot glued the four pieces onto cardboard to create a sturdy back. Then I cut it out and laminated each piece. I found a large round object and traced it onto the four pieces of paper to create a circle shape. To make this Montessori season mat, I took four pieces of construction paper (red, yellow, green, and blue) and taped them together as shown in the photo below. I found the month printables here and the seasonal sorting cards here. I think using this hands-on material is a fun way to learn the months of the year and how many days are in each month.īelow, I used two different printables for the matching months and season work. I plan to buy the Montessori Year Chain (beads) to match this hand-made mat when Little Bee is older. ![]() This Montessori season mat was inspired by the "Montessori Handmade" shop on Etsy. Little Bee practiced his fine motor skills by pinching the clothespin and then matching that day to the correct color. Then I laminated it and cut out the days of the week pieces. I downloaded this free printable and colored each day to match my rainbow days. Practical Life Activity - Days of the WeekĪnother fun way to teach the days of the weeks is by incorporating a practical life activity. I plan to find a garbage truck and frog stickers to place on popsicle sticks for these days. For example, the garbage truck comes on Mondays and we feed our pet frog on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Today is Sunday, so Little Bee placed the popsicle stick into Sunday's pocket.Īn extension exercise that can be done with this activity is to place stickers or pictures of activities onto popsicle sticks to represent an activity that happens on that day. I played the "Days of the Week" song and pointed to each day of the week on our rainbow. I explained to Little Bee that each color represents a day of the week beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday. Next, I wrote "today" on a large popsicle stick with an arrow pointing downwards. I stapled each colored pocket together and then I hot-glued the pocket onto the cardboard piece. I created this hand-made rainbow days of the week from construction paper and cardboard. This beautiful wooden calendar was inspired by the hand-made calendar on the Counting Coconuts blog - "Our Classroom Calendar & Circle Time." Rainbow Days of the Week His favorite weather scene was the windy coin with the leaves blowing. I found this lovely weather printable that matches our weather coins, at "The Helpful Garden." Matching the coins to the cards was a fun game for Little Bee. This idea was inspired from "The Kavanaugh Report" blog - Montessori Inspired Time Theme. I specifically asked for the days of the week to be painted the seven colors of the rainbow. ![]() The calendar has a wooden add-on piece for the monthly moon phases (more to come on the moon phases). He was able to easily hang up the coin onto its spot on the calendar. He is still learning his numbers, so I helped him pick out the number 15 coin for today. Little Bee enjoyed looking outside to see what the weather looked like, so that he could choose the appropriate weather coin to hang up. The craftmanship of this heirloom wooden calendar is superb. The number coins are wood-burned and feel wonderful. The wooden month name piece has gorgeous vintage photos that match the seasons. We received this calendar last week as a custom made gift for Little Bee from the Etsy shop called, "From Jennifer." We haven't had a lot of time to use it yet, but so far we love it! This wooden calendar is a beautiful piece of artwork with hand-painted coins for the seasons and the weather. ![]() Don't miss out on this opportunity to win a $150 gift card to "Montessori Services" and also an art tool-kit from "Montessori by Mom." Heirloom Montessori Inspired Calendar I put together several activities in this Montessori calendar for kids unit that will help a child understand time in a concrete way.Īlso, there is an amazing Montessori giveaway at the end of this post. The more hands-on "history" activities are for kids, the easier it is for them to grasp the concept of time. Then, he can move on to learning about stories of other people's lives that happened in the past. First, the child will begin to understand the concept of "passing of time" in his own life. With Montessori education, the place to start teaching history is with a calendar. For the 12 Months of Montessori series this month, we are studying history.
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