Setting up a Montessori Preschool Shelf at Home
To set up a simple Montessori preschool shelf at home, all you need are a few baskets or containers, the supplied resources, and some objects from around the house.
For preschool children aged 3-6 you may choose to include:
- Spooning activities
- Pouring activities
- Pegging
- Sorting activities
- Threading and sewing activities
- Velcro, zipper, snap, button and buckling activities
- Juicing
- Chopping a banana
- Grating a carrot
- Sifting flour
- Mortar and pestle
- Numbers and counters
- Trinomial Puzzle
- Transferring activities
- Three part Language Cards
- Alphabet Cards
- Number Cards
- Matching Games
- Memory Games
- Colour Box Three resource
- Shapes resource
- Map Puzzles
- Skip counting
- Writing numbers and letters
- Reading books
Take your cues from your child’s interests and don’t forget to look at the preschool resources section for additional activities.
Preschool Resource Pack
- Colour Box 3
- Pink Tower & Brown Stairs
- Red Rods & Number Rods
- Trinomial Puzzle
- Russian Nesting Dolls
- Numbers & Alphabet Cards
- Language Cards
Spooning
Create your own scooping activities at home by using two bowls, a spoon, a tray, and some dry pasta.
View ActivityTong Transfer
Tong transfer activities are a wonderful way to develop fine motor skills, coordination, and concentration. Transfer activities can be introduced to children from the time they are capable of self-feeding. However, transfer activities are also enjoyed by toddler and preschool aged children.
View ActivityPouring
View ActivityColour Box Three
Trinomial Puzzle
View ActivityDIY Seriation
Create your own seriation activity with pom poms of different sizes. You can use anything that comes in a variety of sizes.
Number Rods Puzzle
Number Cards
Assist your child with developing an understanding of the symbols that represent the numbers from zero to nine. This material will also assist your child with preparation for writing numerals.
Sound Baskets
Counting Grid
Use the supplied counting grid to assist your child with identifying and quantifying numerals. This is also a great activity to practice counting!
View ActivityTracing Tray
Create your own tracing tray to practice writing letters and numerals using salt, semolina, or sand.
Three Part Language Cards
Use the supplied three part cards to introduce your child to a new set of words. These cards assist children in internalising the information on the cards by requiring picture and word matching.
Additional Preschool Resources
Resources to reinforce foundational knowledge and skills in preparation for school and life.
View Resources