In many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, summer vacation is coming to an end, and families and teachers are getting ready to head back to school. If you are a homeschooler or a teacher of 3-6-year-olds, you are probably starting to make plans for the coming school year.
Today I’d like to share with you some of my favorite free Montessori-friendly printable resources from around the web that you can use in your classroom or homeschool room.
Preparation
Get your Montessori Record-Keeping systems in order with this free scope and sequence set from Montessori Works. Get more
ideas about how to manage record-keeping and ideas for curriculum planning from Trillium Montessori.
Materials for Your Language Shelves
Matching and Sorting Cards: Kids-Pages and Kidsparkz have a huge collection of free flashcards in a variety of categories that can be made into matching and
nomenclature cards.
Beginning Reading
- Initial sound sorting
- Phonogram sorting
- Phonogram sentences
- Blends word lists
- Puzzle words (sight words)
- Label the Environment Activity
Materials for Your Sensorial and Math
Shelves
- Extension cards to use with the sensorial materials from Montessori Works
Materials for Your Geography Shelves
- Land and Water Sorting from Montessori Nature
Materials for Your Science Shelves
Montessori Printshop and Montessori for Everyone also have a great collection of free downloads for your
Science shelves.
I’d also recommend taking some time to
explore Renae’s blog, Every
Star is Different. She is
a prolific producer of all kinds of Montessori-inspired printables and shares
them generously with her readers. You will find 3-part nomenclature cards for all
kinds of things there!
Monthly Themes
In addition to the standard materials, like the ones above, that you will want to have on your shelves year-round, try adding the following thematic printables throughout the year to bring some variety and interest to your various curriculum areas. Some of these printables can be used as-is, but some will need a few adaptations to be suitable for your Montessori shelves.
(The following links were updated on 6/14/2023. ~Lisa Nolan)
September
- Apple Pack from 3 Dinosaurs
October
- Pumpkin Number Cards from A Special Kind of Class
- Life Cycle of a Pumpkin from the Helpful Garden
- Pumpkin Printable Pack from 1+1+1=1
November
- Nomenclature cards from Trillium
Montessori
- Leaves Pack from 3 Dinosaurs
December
- Christmas Cutting Practice from This Reading Mama
- Hanukkah Pack from 3 Dinosaurs
January
- I Have Who Has Winter vocabulary development game from Kindergarten
Squared
- Snowman Sequencing Cards from Randi
- Snowman Number Cards from First Grade Garden
February
- February Calendar Cards from Doodle Bugs Teaching
- Valentine’s Day Printable Pack from Over the Big Moon
March
- Learn About St. Patrick’s Day from the Clever Classroom
- St. Patrick’s Day Singular and Plural from Just Wright Speech
- March Math and Literacy Centers from Mrs. Ricca’s Kindergarten
April
- Farm Animal Rhyming Riddles from Trillium Montessori
- Farm Animal Families from Counting Coconuts
- Pollution and Earth Day from Every Star is Different
May
- Rhyming Ladybugs from Marsha McGuire
- Garden Printable Pack from Homeschool Creations
June
- Ice Cream Upper and Lower Case Letters from A Special Kind of Class
- Beach Printables Pack from Gift of Curiosity
About the Author
Seemi is a 3-6 AMS-trained Montessori teacher from North
Carolina. She has been in love with Montessori since 1998 when she first
fell into it on her way to a “real job” after grad school. Having spent a
number of years in the classroom and as a school administrator, she opened her
own Montessori school and now spends her time working with her amazing
teachers, students, and parents, and writing for the TrilliumMontessori Blog.
Seemi enjoys making printables that
can be used in a Montessori-friendly way and shares many of them for free with
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