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A big part of the Montessori curriculum is repetition. Maria Montessori and other child development researchers found that repetition helped create and cement neural pathways in a child's brain.
Children are also easily overwhelmed. They don't need constant stimulation but rather simple activities and repetition to build their focus and concentration.
Alongside the activities will be ideas on how to incorporate Montessori into your everyday life, so you get more of the benefits without any extra work.
Lesson Format.
Sample Lessons.
INFANT PROGRAM (3-11 Months)
Monday - Exploration Basket
You'll create a basket including common items from around the home that the child is familiar with, i.e. small hair brush (nail brushes are great for little hands), ball, spoon, etc. This activity is a wonderful way to develop hand-eye coordination and explore familiar items around the home with all of their senses.
Wednesday - Hanging scarves
We'll explore different uses for scarfs, hanging them from a play gym and other areas around the home for the child to visually track, bat at, or reach for.
Note that the infant programs will only have 2 activities/week to avoid overwhelming young children, while the 18 months - 36 months toddler program will have 3.
INFANT PROGRAM (12-17 Months)
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Why Only 2-3 Activities/Week?
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You'll get all the digital materials you'll need (printouts), along with a set of written instructions and a video that you can watch alongside your child, showing our wonderful Montessori teacher, Katie, demonstrating the new activity.
I can't emphasize enough how great Katie is on video and how wonderful she is a communicating with little ones!
Each activity will also include additional information for you, including:
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Every week we'll email you 2-3 new Montessori activities, or 'pieces of work', as it's referred to in Montessori schools, including all the printables you might need for the lesson.
They won't be emailed all at once, but rather Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday night so you can do them on M/W/F.
Note that you don't have to do every single activity. Instead, follow your child's lead and interests. If they're very interested in practical life but not art, feel free to skip the art activities and come back to them later.
This is meant to be a low stress, fun program for families.
Sample Week Of Lessons
Monday - Hand Transfer
This will help young children develop their palmer grasp or pincer grasp (depending on the size of the items being transferred - large objects for younger, gradually using smaller objects), as well as develop hand-eye coordination, left to right muscle memory, and a sense of order.
Wednesday - Homemade Playdough
This activity will be focused on sensorial exploration and will help develop and strengthen hand muscles as the child mixes ingredients to form a dough and manipulates the playdough.
TODDLER PROGRAM (18-42 Months)
Monday - Tong Transfer
Tong transfer is a great way to build hand strength, develop fine motor skills, and build coordination, as well as develop focus and concentration through repetition.
Wednesday - Stereognostic Bag
This activity is meant to develop the stereognostic sense (identifying an object using the sense of touch only) while enriching vocabulary.
For this work, we'll use a cloth bag or box with a hole for your child's hands, allowing them to touch and manipulate objects without being able to see them.
Friday - Sensory Bin Puzzles
Here Katie will show you how to make a simple sensory bin. This activity is great to develop visual discrimination, hand-eye coordination, and refinement of the child's pincer grip.
We'll also add in your child's favourite puzzle to the bin!
Materials Needed.
Material lists will always be sent out a month in advance so you can get organized for your next shopping trip, although most materials are things you likely already have around your house, like clothes pins, dish soap, tongs, bowls, etc.
Things that you may have to purchase, like pom poms or contact paper, will also be used repeatedly throughout the course so you're not always buying new items.
We'll also send all the digital files (printouts) you'll need at the beginning of the month so you can print them at one time.
The purpose of the activity
How to introduce it to your child
What to do if they're not following the activity exactly (remember, Montessori is child-led so we understand that this happens all the time!)
Variations once they've mastered that piece of work
