Montessori Materialsand Quotes form Maria

Montessori

By Debra Zenda

Practical Life Exercises Quote from

Maria Montssori “ The exercise of practical life are

formative activities. They involve insparations, repetition, and concentration on precise details. They take into account the natural impulses of special period of childhood. Though for the moment the exercises have no merely practical aims, they are a work of adaptation to the environment therein is the very essence of a useful education.” (What you know about your child , MM, pg 114, Bambini montessori Materials Page 8)

Practical Life

Cutting Pouring

Sweeping Buttoning

Sensorial Quote from Maria Montessori

“The education of early childhood should be based entirely upon this principle: Assist the natural development of the child”(Discovery of the Child, MM, pg.144,Bambini montessori materials pgs.3-4 )

Sensorial

Knobbed Cylinders Pink Tower

Sensorial material shelvingColor Box

Language quote from Maria Montessori

“…Language. – I say, development, not teaching, for the mother does not teach her child language. It develops naturally, like spontaneous creation.”(The absorbent mind, MM, pg. 100, Bambini Montessori Materials pg. 6)

Language

Sand paper letters Movable Alphabet

Picture and word match

3 part cards

Mathematics Quote from Maria Montessori

“All this teaching of arithmetic and the principles of algebra by means of cards assist the memory and by other materials shoulc be completely transformed. It should start with sense of perception and be based on a knowledge of concrete objects” (The discovery of the Child, pg. 278, Bambini Montessori materials pg 5)

Mathematics

Sandpaper

numbersNumber Rods

Golden Beeds

Spindle Box

Cultural Biology and Geography Quotes From The

Absobent Mind, Maria Montessori

“Children of this age are urged by the laws of their nature to find active expeperiences in the world about them. For this they use their hands and not only for practical purposes, but also for acquiring knowledge.” (Bambini pg. 3)

Cultural, Biology and Geography

Children around the World

World Map Puzzle

Leaf Puzzle Land and Water Cards

Practical Life Image Credits

Cutting: Pintrest.comPouring: Keywordpicture.com

Sweeping: Transportplanet.com ca Buttoning: Brighttomato.com au

Sensorial Image Credits

Knobbed Cylindars: Brighttomato.com au

Pink Tower : Montessorimom.comColor Box : Pintrest.com

Sensorial Shelving: Pintrest.com

Language Image Credits

African animals: Pintrest.comSandpaper :

Montessoriforeveryone.comMovable Alphabet: Ebay.com

Parts of a spider: Montessori printshop.com

Mathematics Image Credit

Sandpaper numbers: Pintrest.comNumber Rods: Pintrest.comSpindle Box : Pintrest.com

Golden Beads: MariaMontessori.com

Cultural, Biology and Geography

Image CreditChildren around the World: Pintest

comWorld map: Pintrest.com

Wooden leaf puzzle: Montessoriforeveryone.com:

Montessori Land and Water Cards: Pintrest.com