Montessori Inspired DIY Math Activities for Toddlers

 

Hi everyone! With a lot of requests from my viewer that I post some videos and step by step activities on Montessori inspired math activities for toddlers. As I was preparing for these activities for my granddaughter, I thought I'll share them with you all. She has now reached the stage where she is inquisitive and likes to investigate in all areas of her development and especially in math activities.

Children are exposed to numbers and math in everyday lives, such as seeing numbers on clocks, calendar, money, and indirect math such as in conversations, exploration, objects, fruit and vegetables, discussing quantities such as big or small, learning about shapes, symbols, comparing sizes, matching, counting quantities and so on.

I have put together Montessori inspired DIY Math activities for toddler, which are in two parts, including physical activities for toddlers. I like to use practical life objects such as clothespins, pebbles, dry beans and twigs. As these manipulatives gives the child experience in handling objects with care so that the child is focused on his/hers fine motor skills, which lay the foundation for later math work.

Practical life objects such as clothespins, pebbles, dry bean and twigs

Practical life objects are easily available to use as counters, and repetition, enhancing child's vocabulary development e.g. associating objects with quantities.

Montessori activities are done in sequence, to know more about these activities, I am offering a workshop: Montessori Inspired DIY Math Activities for Toddlers. I will be posting further information very soon.

Here are some examples of Montessori Inspired Math Activities in sequence:

Using everyday items such as fruit:

I am comparing the sizes of the fruit:

The apple is a small fruit, the orange is smaller than the apple, and the grape is the smallest fruit.

Apple is small

Orange is smaller

Grape is smallest


Different variations:

                                         Put the rolling pins and the chopstick in order by sizes

From top to bottom : Thin, Thinner, Thinnest

                                                
  

From left to right: Thick, Thicker, Thickest

Matching colours by using clothespins

Materials you will need to prepare for this activity:

• Paper plate
• Watercolour paints or any craft paint you have in the house
• 2 Clothespins of each colour

First paint the plate with colours that match with the clothespins.

Once the paint is dry, by using a pencil divide the plate into three sections as in the picture above.

By using facial gestures and hand actions show the child how to do the activity.


Here is the link to my video where I am demonstrating how to present this activity.

https://youtu.be/-oO1TPCr_Cs

Download my workshop for Montessori Inspired DIY Math Activities for Toddlers where I give guidance on how to prepare the materials and present them.

Workshop will be available by the end February 2021.

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