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Montessori-Inspired Preschool at Home: Hands-on Materials that Worked for Me (Ages 3–5)
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items This collection gathers the hands-on preschool materials I’ve used and loved over more than 20 years of homeschooling, along with resources I was introduced to during my time as an assistant, and later as a Good Shepherd Catechist, in the Montessori ...
This is my go to material for teaching the youngest children their alphabet sounds. They work because they're tactile and the child can take their pointer and middles fingers together and trace the letter shape while saying the sound. I like that the...
Montessori Felt Alphabet Set: Red & Blue ABC Learning Toy
The moveable alphabet is great once they know their sounds and can start building words. You can start after they know just a few letters. No need to write! Just listen to the sounds and make words. Affiliate link.
Montessori Cursive Moveable Alphabet
This is good for pre-writing. They can use their finger to make letters, numbers and shapes, and if it's not perfect, just shake the sand and try again. No pressure. Affiliate link.
Childrens Montessori Sand Tray
These are usually made of metal and much more expensive, but they're great for young children who are not yet writing letters, but can practice pencil control by tracing the inside of the frame, and then the outside of the shape. Affiliate link.
Wooden Insets without Stands
A classic for budding readers. These little books are so short and simple, but they are REAL books, and when the child reads their first one, he feels like king of the world. I got all 5 levels and my kids enjoyed them. Affiliate link.
Bob Books - Set 1: Beginning Readers Box Set
Not only are these tactile, but they also have the little dot that tells the child where to start tracing, so they do it correctly. Two fingers to trace, because these are the fingers we use to write. Affiliate link.
Mini Sandpaper Numbers 0-10 on brich wood
This is good for little ones to learn counting because they can easily see the difference between odd and even numbers. Use pom poms or buttons or coins or whatever you have on hand. Affiliate link.
Montessori Number Counting Boards (1-10)
This work is great for teaching little ones the teens, which a lot of kids take a little time to catch on to because of the way these numbers are named. It helps them to understand that "teen" really means "ten and #", which helps to prevent them put...
Montessori TEEN beads and boards printable cards and worksheets
This is similar to the teens board, but it's for the tens. Very hands-on, and no need for the child to write anything, which is one of the reasons why you can start this so much earlier than you would in school. Affiliate link.
Montessori TENS Beads and Boards
The hundred board is really helpful for teaching counting to 100, odds and evens, skip counting, find the missing numbers and discovering so many numeric patterns. Affiliate link.
Wooden Montessori Hundred Board
They can visualize and understand fractions long before they ever have to do fractions for math. All you need is a simple way to show them and give each part a name. This is really helpful for young children who start music lessons, because it helps ...
Fraction Circle Puzzle
I use this to teach place value. I give the child a number like 1,245 and they show it to me in beads. Then reverse it. Use the number cards with it so no writing required. Affiliate link.
Montessori Golden Beads Material Math Decimal System
I love this so much because it shows very accurately what all these types of land and water forms are, and how the land form is often the exact opposite of a water form. Use as is or fill with water to demonstrate. Affiliate link.
Landform Lesson Tray: Montessori Geography
This is a fun one for learning the phases of the moon. This one is pretty inexpensive, but it doesn't have the names of the phases. If I got it, I'd make my own labels. Not hard to do. Affiliate link.
Wooden Moon Phases Puzzle: Montessori Preschool Toy
You can get these in sets of 10, but 5 is easier for the littlest ones. Each set is different, and if they're all the same color, then the child really has to examine them closely to figure out where they go. Also good for developing the pincer grip ...
Montessori Wooden Knobbed Cylinders