MATH 🔢

Bee sensory play tray is a fun invitation to learn numeracy with beehive counting cards while promoting fine motor skills in preschoolers and kindergarteners. Beehive counting cards can help your preschooler learn 1:1 correspondence…

Traditional Montessori materials, especially math materials, facilitate children tremendously in the assimilation of abstract concepts like numerals, teens, and ten’s. Dr. Maria Montessori envisioned children holding and “feeling” the quantity of, for example, the ten Numerical…

Have you ever made no-cook home-made play dough? The process is so easy and the end-product is so much better than any store-bought version. And the best part is that by making it yourself,…

The Montessori math curriculum is based on very concrete materials, designed to effectively teach abstract mathematical concepts to young children. A child is first introduced to number rods, which are quite substantial to hold…

We often talk about “kindergarten readiness” but what about “math readiness”? The answer is: start early! We “officially” started a Montessori Math curriculum with Adrian when he was two years old! I am a…

Sorting loose parts kids activity is designed for preschoolers and kindergarteners to improve classifying, counting and patterning skills. Did you know that your kindergartener is expected to “classify objects into given categories; count the…

Did you know that leprechauns make shoes for fairies who in turn pay them with gold which leprechauns hide at the end of the rainbow? So, today, we made a St. Patricks’ Day inspired…

Here is a fun and colorful sensory bin you can set up as a part of St Patrick’s Day inspired activities. I am using this serving tray, but you can use any deep dish…

Adrian has been fascinated with firetrucks, firefighters and everything red, so today, we are playing this fun DIY gross motor game: "Let's extinguish the fire and save the Paw Patrol Marshall puppy!" You will need some recycled…

We just returned from the Gulf of Mexico, and children are fascinated with all the seashells we have collected. So, we will be learning about seashells hands-on in our Beach Inspired Nature Study below.…