Montessori Made Easy - MME
My desire is to offer a Livable
Learning plan for Montessori education. It is so overwhelming at first for most of us: learning a whole new way of education;
learning to observe and to follow our child; investigating materials and presentations; considering the spiritual preparation
of the teacher.... In our personal Montessori homeschooling adventure, I have been working since
2003 to design homeschool-friendly materials and to simplify the write-ups of the basic presentations. The following
is the outline of my Livable Learning plan with materials groupings and links to adaptations of the Montessori academic works.
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The most reasonable items to make yourself in the area of Sensorial Basics are the materials for the Basic Senses
which I have designed as a set of two organized tackle boxes containing the following materials:
Color Tablets,
Tactile Fabrics, Tactile Boards, Tactile Tablets, Thermic Bottles, Thermic Tablets, Baric Bottles, Baric Tablets, Smelling
Bottles, Tasting Bottles, Sound Boxes & Stereognostic Bags |
The wooden Sensorial materials are foundational to a full comprehension of the Montessori Math materials. Unless you
know skilled woodcrafter, it is vital that the following items be commercially purchased simply because their measurements
must be precise, and I highly recommend the following Sensorial items with an estimated cost of $311. Block Sets:
Pink TowerBrown StairRed Rods Cylinder Sets: Knobbed Cylinders Knobless CylindersAlgebraic Puzzles: Binomial Cube Trinomial CubeYou may also choose to utilize other Sensorial-friendly materials shown at our Sensorial shopping pages. |
Sensorial II: Geometry & Fractions - Planes & Solids |
Set 1: Geometric Solids
Set 2: Geometry Cabinet & Cards
Set 3: Constructive Triangles
Set 4: Circles, Squares & Triangles
Set 5: Fraction Inserts
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Most of the geometric plane and solid materials may be homemade. You will find the printable files for these materials
on our Hope4ME page.
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When purchasing your Geometric Solids be sure to get a set that includes the ovoid and the ellipsoid. If possible it it also preferrable to purchase the Geometric Cabinet - it is the first of many wooden puzzles the children will be using. |
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Practical Life I: Prelminary Activities |
Set 1: Working with Mats & Trays
Set 2: Moving Furniture
Set 3: Silence & Line Activities
Set 4: Peace Table
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Practical Life II: Elementary Movements |
Set 1: Opening/Closing
Set 2: Stringing/Sewing
Set 3:
Transfer/Sorting
Set 4: Pouring
Set 5: Spooning/Ladeling
Set 6: Tonging/Tweezing
Set 7: Folding
Set
8: Cutting/Tearing
Set 9: Tracing/Punching
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Practical Life III: Care of the Environment |
Set 1: Crumbing/Sweeping
Set 2: Washing/Scrubbing
Set 3: Dusting/Polishing
Set 4: Care of Plants
Set 5: Care of Animals
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Practical Life IV: Care of the Person |
Set 1: Dressing
Set 2: Grooming
Set 3: Food/Table Preparation |
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Practical Life V: Grace & Courtesy |
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Set 1: Two-Part Cards
Set 2: Three-Part Cards
Set 3: Classification Cards |
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Set 1: Sandpaper Letters
Set 2: Metal Insets
Set 3: Printed ABC, Objects & Labels
Set 4: Fishbowl Words
Set 5: Fabric ABC & Word Families
Set 6: Sight Words
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Set 1: Grammar Games
Set 2: Mini Environment - Farm
Set 3: Grammar Boxes
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Language V: Sentence Analysis |
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Intro to Math
Set 1: Beginning Counting
Set 2: Linear/Skip Counting
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Set 1: Place Value/Hierarchy
Set 2: Bank Game/Operations
Set 3: Stamp Game/Dot
Game
Set 4: Bead Frames
Set 5: Decimal Board
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Math III: Memorization of Math Facts |
Set 1: Snake Game/ Mult Layout
Set 2: Math Facts Folders/Boards
Set 3: Decanomial
Materials
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Set 1: Checkerboards/Long Mult
Set 2: Racks & Tubes/Long Div
Set 3: Algebraic
Pegboards
Set 4: Algebraic Cube Puzzles
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Intro to Culture
Set 1: Land & Water Forms
Set 2: Globes
Set 3:
Puzzle Maps & Pin Maps
Set 4: Continent Folders
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Set 1: Minutes Clock
Set 2: Calendar/Seasons
Set 3: Timelines
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Set 1: Great Lessons
Set 2: Botany
Set 3: Zoology
Set 4: Anatomy |
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Set 1: The Bells
Set 2: Notation Boards
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Set 1: Child Size Masterpieces |
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