Montessori Toys for 4 5 Year Olds

Montessori Toys for 4 5 Year Olds

Today I have something fun for y'all. I am all well-nigh living with less, but I still find it fun to exercise a piffling bit of thoughtful souvenir giving in the holiday season. Here is my Montessori souvenir guide for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Enjoy the giving!

Best non-Montessori toys

Let's first with some non-Montessori toys that, whilst I wouldn't include them necessarily in my classroom, they can exist super fun for some open up-concluded play at dwelling house.

1. Lath games – Nosotros love Shopping Listing and Orchard for older toddlers and preschoolers. With Shopping List everyone gets a shopping list with items and if you lot plough over the right card, you place it in your shopping trolley. Orchard is a collaborative game where you throw a die and collect the fruit before the raven comes!
2. Flockmen building blocks – I spotted Flockmen kickoff on Insta and and so finally got to endeavor them myself. They are addictive and the raw wood is lovely to the touch. And then many options for building and patterns – check their Insta for lots of ideas. This would exist a fun thoughtful gift that is then reasonably priced. Even the handbag they come in make them perfect for travelling or taking to a cafe.
3. Lego/duplo – whilst this is not something we would have in a Montessori classroom, I love the open possibilities of Lego and Duplo. My children enjoyed their Lego sets both to complete a kit and mostly to make up their own inventions.
4. Wedgits – this sequencing toy has endless possibilities. I've seen children from two years quondam work out how the shapes fit together and the older children like to follow a template or make their own creations.

All-time Montessori gifts for any age

1. Schleich farm animals (+ a farm) – the farm in my classroom gets used a LOT. These sturdy animals from Schleich are beautifully made and include details right downwardly to the hooves on the horse's anxiety. I would rather have a few of these high quality subcontract animals and build a collection slowly.
2. Schleich African (and other) animals – great for building vocabulary and to nurture the child's interest in animals. These are the same dandy quality as the farm animals.
3. Outside – a simple reminder that heading exterior is free then much fun. Collect leaves, throw leaves, or simply jump in the leaves. Or head to the beach, the mountains or the lake.
4. Musical instruments – I beloved to take a variety of instruments to bang and shake. The Melissa & Doug music puzzle, plays the aforementioned tune with different instruments. The children in my class love it.
5. A child-sized dustpan and brush – for all our practical life needs.
6. A child-sized watering can – encourages the child to learn to expect after the surround and is great for practising pouring water (and wiping up spills!).

Best Montessori fine art gifts

1. Stabilo 3-in-1 pencils – I've been recommending these pencils for years. They are the perfect size for fiddling hands and make a beautiful colour on the newspaper.
2. Cutting prepare – look for rounded ended real pair of scissors and employ with supervision. It's easiest to start with sturdy card cut into strips.
3. Playdough/kinetic sand/clay – some unproblematic tools and some homemade play dough or kinetic sand or clay are fun for children to work their hands. My favourite play dough recipes are Here.
4. Art supply drawers – I institute these MOPPE drawers at Ikea and painted them. Something similar at home makes it easy to have various newspaper and art materials at the ready.

All-time Montessori newborn gifts

1. Topponcino – this is a soft quilt that is lovely to place a newborn on. It becomes a indicate of reference for them, is lovely to place infant on when they are being handled by a lot of different people and will get a special souvenir for a newborn.  This one by Ithmos Kids is currently closed. Y'all can observe topponcinos hither or brand your own!
2. Grasping toys – as a baby starts to grasp effectually 3 months, this is a lovely selection of wooden toys. The interlocking disks and Skwish are like shooting fish in a barrel to grasp and the bell in a box makes a lovely audio too.
3. Munari mobile – I love the Munari blackness and white mobile balanced with a glass ball. Great for a newborn to practise their focus. This lovely image and mobile from Bunny & Bella. Thanks Helen!
4. Gobbi mobile – as the baby begins to focus on colours, the graded colours of the Gobbi mobile are ideal. Again, credit for this lovely epitome and mobile goes to Helen from Bunny & Bella.

Best Montessori infant toys

1. Pop up toy – this toy by Galt is great for a baby to teeth on, then to start getting the pegs into the holes, and then working out how they leap up, and, as they get older, to match the colours.
2. Hammering balls – first they can utilize this toy with their hand to push through the balls. Then to practise eye-hand coordination yous can add together the hammer.
3. Balls – a selection of balls that are easy to pick up make fun objects for rolling, crawling later on, and passing from hand to hand. Here you lot run into a nipple brawl, a patchwork ball, and a Pikler ball.
4. Books – I dearest simple elevator the flap books with this age. "Dear Zoo" past Rod Campbell is a timeless favourited that you volition enjoy reading again and again. You tin can find other book suggestions HERE.

Best Montessori younger toddler gifts

1. Money box – I love the money box. They love to work out how to drib the coins in the slot and so, in one case mastered, how to open up the box with the cardinal.
 Y'all can notice these in stationery stores.
2. Peg lath – This peg board is difficult to find, but you lot can detect similar ones. These ones stack also for building loftier towers.
3. Threading – this threading activity is nifty for younger toddlers as it has a slice of wood on the end of the string to brand it a little easier. The natural forest pieces are lovely! This ane from Manine Montessori.
4. Peg puzzle – expect for puzzles with large knobs and fewer pieces to start with. Build up to nine pieces with smaller pegs as their grasp refines.
5. Nesting boxes – this toy tin can be used with just a few boxes to start with and build up to all ten.
6. Books – "Hairy Maclary" past Julia Donaldson has a lovely rhyme and realistic pictures of a group of dogs having a trivial adventure. You can find other volume suggestions Hither.

Best Montessori toddler gifts

1. Russian doll – timeless fun and hours of pleasure.
2. Threading – this is a more difficult threading fix with a shoelace for increasing difficulty.
3. Layered puzzles – for increasing difficult endeavor a layered puzzle similar the beast puzzle past George Luck or…
4. …. this building a house puzzle by Chelona
5. Peg board with elastics – toddlers love to piece of work out how to stretch the elastics over the pegs. Older toddlers start to make patterns with the board likewise.
6. Books – "Printing Here" by Hervé Tullet is a favourite in our toddler form. You press the yellow circle to outset, turn the folio and there are more! Lots of fun. Y'all can notice other book suggestions HERE.

Best Montessori preschooler gifts

1. Buddha board – this is a special bare tablet that yous use with a brush and water. The designs dry and the lath is ready to re-use. It is very relaxing and preschoolers dear information technology.
2. Hammering shapes – a corkboard, some shapes and little nails make a perfect gift for a preschooler who is refining their pincer and needing to do some pounding. As well available here with geometric shapes. This ready was found at Flying Tiger.
3. Prick work fix – this sharp prick pen and felt board are great preparation for writing. The kid starts to use a pencil grip and can follow along the line to prick out the shape.
4. Composition puzzles – for those preschoolers that savor puzzles, await for more hard composition puzzles like these beautiful wooden ones from woodpuzzles.com.au.

I hope that you find this souvenir guide useful for all your Montessori inspired gifts this holiday season. I love enjoying all the festivals at this time of year. Let's put on some cosy socks, take hold of some hot tea and go festive!

I'll be back soon with more Montessori inspiration.

Til and so…

Warmest wishes,
Simone

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Montessori Toys for 4 5 Year Olds

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