Montessori Preschool at Home
If you’ve made the decision to keep your little one at home but don’t want them to miss out on what others their age might be learning in preschool you may want to incorporate some of the ideas I’ll be sharing here.
This post is part of a multipart series covering my Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Printables. Scroll to the bottom of this page for a Table of Contents to explore all of the different printables needed to set up a Preschool Circle Time Morning Board at home.
I’ve been reading an excellent book on Preschooler Education titled “How to Raise an Amazing Child – The Montessori Way” by Tim Seldin. From this book I’ve been inspired to categorize our activities around the “areas for learning”. It has helped me seek more ways to reinforce our alphabet study as well as explore new areas for learning. I think I was intuitively using many of these principles in our activities, but seeing them listed helps me feel a bit more confident about feeling like I’ve touched on everything. I’m so excited to implement what I’ve what I’ve learned from this book.
Instructional YouTube Video to help you Get Started
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Visual Montessori Preschool
I’ve added my thoughts on the details of each learning areas as a part of the Montessori category descriptions. According to the Montessori method of teaching, there are certain ages where children are the most sensitive to learning in these key areas. The Learning Areas include:
Movement – gross motor skills. Dancing, climbing, crawling, jumping, swinging, sliding, throwing a ball, grasping, catching, running, etc.
Language – Read aloud to your child. Talking, singing, poetry, stories, books, and any spoken language.
Small Objects – fine motor skills. Stacking, sorting, organizing, putting into and taking out of containers, anything < 2″ square.
Grace & Courtesy – I’m renaming this “character”. Things like manners, honesty, integrity, responsibility, sharing, courtesy, etc.
Senses – Smell, touch, taste, see and hear. Perfect for activities in the kitchen.
Writing – Anything that requires the child to hold a writing or coloring utensil – marker, pencil, crayon, and pen to create letters.
Order – Helping your child develop an appreciation for organization. Chores. Also called “practical” application.
Music– Singing, listening to and or playing music. Making a joyful noise. Worship.
Toileting – Potty-training, hygiene, washing hands and brushing teeth. This is a daily activity and not one I plan to put in a box.
Reading – Letter and word recognition. Learning phonetic sounds and sight words.
Spatial Relationship – Shapes and puzzles. I also think this includes deductive reasoning – science experiments, hypothesis testing.
Mathematics – Patterns, shapes, learning numbers, counting, adding, subtracting and later – multiplication and division.
You’ll find all the details on the appropriate ages and categories for learning in the Visual Montessori Planning Charts you’ll receive when you subscriber to HappyandBlessedHome.com OR when you purchase the Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Set.
A Montessori Planning Chart Example
I’ve created some wonderful Visual Montessori Planning Charts that can be used to develop and customize a preschool curriculum at home. The Visual Montessori Planning Charts include a through description of each of the ages and stages for learning in some key categories including character, language, movement, small objects, senses, writing, order, music, reading, spatial, math and toileting. A FREE copy of these planning charts is included when you subscribe to my mailing list as part of an ultimate bundle of: My Top 5 Most Popular Printables.
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On Tour and Traveling Through?
Here’s the table of contents for the Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Printables if you’re on tour and traveling through (i.e. you came from another post about these printable and you’re reading through the series). If not, and this is your first time hearing about the Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Printables, please keep reading – there is some very valuable information about this series [and some FREEBIES] that you need to know about!
Table of Contents
Each button will take you to a page that explains each of the printables included in the Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Package.
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*Good Listener, Traffic Light Game, Seasons, and Fish Bowl do not have a separate page – they’re just a part of the Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Printables Pack. If you ‘d like to see what they look like, make sure to click on Morning Board Home.
More Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Activities
Would you like to learn more about all of these awesome Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Printables? Keep reading about these fun Learning Activities and how to use them to preschool your little one at home. Scroll down for a Virtual Tour of the printables and each of the activities.
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Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Printables
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Take a Tour of the Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Printables
Take a tour of the printables and see why they’re the perfect tool to create a purposeful preschool at home. Our next stop is a DIY tutorial so you can make the backdrop for this Preschool Circle Time Morning Board at home. Click the “next” button for the tutorial or select one of the buttons below to review a certain printable activity.
Table of Contents
Each button will take you to a page that explains each of the printables included in the Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Package.
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*Good Listener, Traffic Light Game, Seasons, and Fish Bowl do not have a separate page – they’re just a part of the Preschool Circle Time Morning Board Printables Pack. If you ‘d like to see what they look like, make sure to click on Morning Board Home.
