What better way to learn about reading time than to manipulate an actual clock? All you need is some cardboard and a butterfly pin and you’re good to go. This goes beautifully with the Clock Cards.

This resource contains four sets of four strips to be used with the Montessori addition snake game.

Time is a fascinating and frustrating concept. Help your children read it with these Montessori Classified Cards! The resource includes four colour-coded sets, introducing o’ clock (black) half past (green) quarter past (blue) quarter to (orange). Download your free template for making your own clock with moveable hands! Disclaimer for the video: Please note that training in the Montessori philosophy is assumed. The video is simply a general guide on the sequence and how-to of the presentations. Presentation 3 (3-Period Lesson) should only be done once the child has had extensive sensorial experience with all four sets so that the neurological pathways already exist, and the vocabulary can just be “hooked on”.

Exploring the desert? Integrate subjects by using this desert-animal themed more or less activity. Younger children can simply discuss which side of the strip contains more animals. Older children can use the symbols < > = (there as many as needed). A control chart is included to allow independent error correction.

Although there are many wondrous ways to classify leaves - according to shape, edges, arrangement, etc. - the simplest is by the relationship of length to width. Use this printable to encourage your children to measure, divide, judge, evaluate and classify different kinds of leaves. This is an excellent extension for the Montessori leaf cabinet.

All 9 charts needed for Montessori's 5th Great Lesson: The Story of Numbers.