This term we have been working on the following skills:
- Visual Discrimination of Size:
- Nesting Stacking Blocks (We have the Melissa and Doug Alphabet Nesting and Stacking Blocks.)
- Color and Shape Gradation (MS)
- Visual Discrimination of Color:
- Color Match-ups (MS)
- Paper Clip/Craft Foam Color Match
- Color and Shape Gradation (MS)
- Visual Discrimination of Shape:
- Down on the Farm
- Puzzles (We are currently using wooden puzzles with small peg knobs. We have worked with the puzzles that have color pictures under the pieces and Ethan finds those very easy. We are now working with the puzzles that have black and white pictures under the pieces. This is much more challenging for Ethan.)
- Shape Safari
- Color and Shape Gradation (MS)
- Shape Memory Game (MS)
- 10 Shape Categories (MS)
**For each activity, I have linked the website that I used as a source for the activity. For the activities that are not online, I put an abbreviation for the book or the name of the material we used to complete the activity.
BM=Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-Fives by David Gettman
MS=Montessori on a Shoestring: A Make-It-Yourself Guide to 101 Hands-On Learning Activities by Jody Erickson