Montessori Materials

Required Montessori Materials

Infant/Toddler

Infant Materials

Aids for Visual and Auditory Sense

Munari mobile

Octahedron mobile

Gobbi mobile

Stylized paper figures mobile

Aids for Visual, Auditory and Tactile Sense A

Bell on a Ribbon

Ring on a Strong Cord

Stylized Wooden Figures

Mobile with Three Coloured Spheres

Takane kicking ball

Aids for Visual, Auditory and Tactile Sense B

Beads for Grasping

Interlocking Circles

Rubber Ball with Protrusions

Sphere with Little Balls

Interlocking Wooden Rings

Teething Objects

Aids for Visual, Auditory and Tactile Sense C

Commercial Rattle

Cylinder Rattle

Bamboo Rattle

Bells on a Strap

Cube or Cylinder with a Bell or Ball

Aids for Eye Hand Coordination

The Orb with a Ball

Wooden Cylinder with a Bell

The Knitted Ball

Basket of Different Size Balls

The Top

Heavy Stool

Bars

The Push Wagon

The Indoor Stair

The Outdoor Push and Pull Wagons/Carts

The Outdoor Stair

The Outdoor Slide

Aids for Equilibrium and Eye Hand Coordination

Ball and Ramp

Maze with Ball

Toddler – Developmental Aids Materials

Aids for Eye/Hand Coordination

Cubes in a Vertical Dowel

Puzzles

Slotted Box with Chips

Rings on a Horizontal Dowel

Bead Stringing

Three Pegs with Small Rings

Mail Box

Sorting

Aids for Opnening and Closing

Wooden Box with Sliding Lid

Rectangular Box with Bins

Bags and Containers

Locks and Latches

Nuts and Bolts

Aids for Refinement of the Hand

Spooning

Pouring Jug to Jug

Pouring water from Jug into a Glass

Folding

Gluing

Use of Scissors

Sewing

Aids for Stereognostic Sense

Bag with General Objects

Bag with Classified Objects

Bag with Double Objects

Toddler – Practical Life Materials

Care of the Person

Velcro Dressing Frame

Zipper Dressing Frame

Snap Dressing Frame

Button Dressing Frame

Hand Washing at the table

Brushing shoes

Care of the Indoor Environment

Mopping

Washing Table without Soap

Watering Plants

Setting Table

Dusting Plant Leaves

Dusting Plant Leaves

Washing Leaves

Washing a Chalkboard/Easel

Washing Dishes

Sweeping

Flower Arranging

Cleaning a Mirror or a Window

Polishing Wood

Polishing Glass

Washing Table with a Soap

Washing Clothes

Toddler Self-Expression Materials

Language

Books

Nomenclature Objects

Nomenclature Objects with Matching Cards

Nomenclature Cards

Art

Painting at the Easel

Chalkboard

Scribbling

Play Dough/ Clay

Painting with Watercolours

 

Early Childhood

Practical Life Materials

   

Folding

 

 

Folding Cloths

   

Folding an Apron

 

 

Opening and Closing

   

Squeezing water from bowl to bowl using a natural sponge

   

Wringing a Cloth

   

Opening and Closing a Door

   

Opening and Closing of Bottles and Boxes

 

 

Nuts and Bolts – Opening and Closing Objects

   

Spooning and Pouring Exercises

   

Spooning Beans or Peas

   

Spooning and Pouring Grain

   

Pouring Liquid from Jug to Jug

   

Making a Mitt

   

Making a Swab

   

Care of the Indoor Environment

 

 

Sponging up Spills

   

Chalkboard Cleaning

   

Scouring

   

Dusting

   

Sweeping the Floor

   

Washing Windows

   

Washing the Floor

   

Table Washing

   

Washing Cloths Using Two Basins

   

Washing Cloths at the Sink

   

Polishing Glass

   

Polishing Silver

   

Polishing Brass

   

Polishing Wood

   

Setting a Tray

   

Care of Plants

   

Care of Plants

   

Flower Arranging

   

Care of the Person

 

 

Blowing the Nose Using a Tissue

 

 

Hand Washing

 

 

Sewing Buttons

   

The Dressing Frames

   

The Large Button Dressing Frame

   

The Snap Fasteners Dressing Frame

   

The Zipper Dressing Frame

   

The Hook and Eye Dressing Frame

 

 

The Buckles Dressing Frame

   

The Bows Dressing Frame

 

 

The Lacing Frame

   

Opening and Closing Safety Pins

 

 

Cleaning Leather Shoes

 

 

 

Sensorial Materials

   

Visual Sense: The Sense of Sight.

 

The Cylinders

 

 

The Pink Tower

   

The Broad Stair

   

Long Rods

   

The Knobless Cylinders

   

The Chromatic Sense:

 

Colour Box 1

   

Colour Box 2

   

Colour Box 3

   

The Discrimination of Shape:

 

Cabinet of Geometrical Figures

   

The Geometrical Cards

 

 

The Decanomial Square

   

The Botany Cabinet

   

The Constructive Triangles

   

The Superimposed Geometric Figures

   

The Auditory Sense: The Sense of Hearing

 

The Sound Boxes

   

The Bells

   

The Tactile Sense: The Sense of Touch

 

The Rough and Smooth Boards

   

The Touch Tablets

   

The Fabrics

   

Baric Tablets

   

Temperature: Experience with Temperature

 

The Thermic Tablets

   

The Stereognostic Sense: Size & Shape

 

The Mystery Bag (also known as The Secrets Bag)

   

The Progressive Exercises

   

The Geometric Solids

   

The Olfactory Sense: The Sense of Smell

 

The Smelling Bottles

   

The Gustatory Sense: The Tasting Solutions

   

The Sensorial Introduction to Algebra

   

The Binomial Cube

   

The Trinomial Cube

   

Language Materials

   

WRITING

 

The Sandpaper Letters

   

The Chalkboard and on Paper

   

The Insets for Design (also known as The Metal Insets)

   

Large Movable Alphabet

   

Story Alphabet

   

PHONETIC READING

 

Pink Phonetic Reading Material

 

 

Blue Phonetic Reading Material

   

GRAMMAR

 

PHONETIC GRAMMAR

 

The Noun

   

Noun Cards for Objects in the Environment

   

The Noun with Farm 1 – The Phonetic Farm

   

The Phonetic Singular and Plural

   

The Adjective

   

The Article

   

The Article and the Adjective with Farm 1 – The Phonetic Farm

   

The Verb

   

The Verb Game

   

The Verb with Farm 1 – The Phonetic Farm

   

PHONOGRAMS

 

Green Phonogram Reading Boxes

   

Small Moveable Alphabet

   

Green Lists of Words with Phonograms

   

Green Phonogram Booklets

   

Green Phonogram Sentence Cards

   

Phonogram Family Folders

   

Green Phonogram Storybooks

   

Puzzle Words

   

The Non-Phonetic Adjective Exercises

   

The Logical Adjective Game

   

The Detective Adjective Game

   

The Adverb

 

 

Introductory Exercise

   

The Logical Adverb Game…

   

The Oral Pronoun Game

 

 

The Conjunction

   

The Preposition

   

The Interjection

   

Introduction to the Interjection

   

Arithmetic Materials

   

Numbers to Ten

 

Number Rods

   

Sandpaper Numerals

   

Number Rods and Number Cards

   

Spindle Boxes

   

Cards and Counters

   

Memory Game of Numbers

   

Decimal System

 

Introduction to the Golden Beads

   

Golden Beads – Counting Through the Hierarchies

   

Counting Golden Beads

   

Introduction to the Large Number Cards

   

Large Number Cards – Counting Through the Hierarchies

   

Identifying Large Number Cards

   

Formation of Large Number Cards with Beads

   

Combination of Golden Beads and Large Number Cards (Bird’s Eye View)

   

Teens and Tens -Teens

 

Formation of Quantities 11-19 with ten bars and short bead stair

   

Formation of Symbols 11-19 with teen boards

   

Combination of Quantities and Symbols to form 11-19

   

Teens and Tens -Tens

   

Formation of Quantities 10 – 90 with ten bars

   

Formation of Symbols 10 – 90 with ten boards

   

Combination of Quantities and Symbols 10 – 90 with ten bars and boards

   

Formation of 11 – 99 with ten bars, unit beads, and ten boards

   

Teens and Tens – Counting

 

Linear Counting

   

Skip Counting

   

Decimal System Continued

 

Changing Exercise

   

Addition with the Golden Beads

   

Multiplication with the Golden Beads

   

Subtraction with the Golden Beads

   

Division with the Golden Beads

   

The Stamp Game – Introductory Exercise

   

The Stamp Game – Addition

   

The Stamp Game – Multiplication

   

The Stamp Game – Subtraction

   

The Stamp Game – Division

   

Exploration and Memorization of Tables

 

Addition Snake Game

   

Addition Strip Board

   

Addition Charts 3,4,5, and 6 (blank)

   

Negative Snake Game

   

Negative Strip Board

   

Subtraction Chart 2 and 3 (blank)

   

Multiplication Bead Bar Layout

   

Multiplication Board

   

Multiplication chars 3, 4, and 5 (blank)

   

Unit Division Board

   

Division Charts 1 and 2

   

Passage to Abstraction

 

The Dot Game

   

The Small Bead Frame

   

 

Culture Materials

   

Geography Materials

 

The Sandpaper Globe

   

The Coloured Globe of the Continents

   

The Jigsaw Puzzle Map of the Hemispheres of the World

   

The Animals of the World

   

The Families of the World

   

The Jigsaw Map of the Child’s Own Continent

   

Jigsaw Puzzle Map of Child’s Own Country

   

Introduction to the Three Elements

   

Land and Water Forms

   

Land and Water Form Cards

   

Land Formation Outline Maps

   

Flags

   

Classified Cards for Parts of a Flag

   

History Materials

 

The Daily Calendar

   

The Seasons Timeline

   

Linear Timelines for the Days of the Week and the Months of the Year

   

Summary Calendar

   

Events Chart

   

Sequence Cards

   

The Birthday Celebration

   

Timeline of the Child’s Life

   

History Stories

   

The Clock

   

Biology and Zoology Materials

 

The Outdoor Environment

   

The Nature Table

   

Care of Indoor Animals

   

Classified Nomenclature Cards

   

Card Story Lessons – Life Cycles of Animals

   

Animals of the World

   

Vertebrates and Invertebrates

   

Classes of Animals’ Folder

   

Classes of Animals’ Jigsaws

   

Parts of the Animal and Their Definitions

   

Mystery Animal Cards

   

Living Things Reproduce

   

Botany Materials

 

The Outdoor Environment

   

The Indoor Environment

   

The Nature Table

   

The Importance of the Sun

 

 

Card Story Lessons – Life Cycles of Plants

   

Classified Cards

   

Botany Jigsaws

   

Parts of the Tree, the Leaf and the Flower

   

The Botany Cabinet

   

The Botany Cabinet Cards

   

Gathering Seeds

   

Science Materials

 

Living and Non-Living

   

The Human Body

   

Use of Magnet

   

Sink and Float

   

Raising Water Level with Washers

   

Weather

   

Measuring the Rain

   

Evaporation

   

Leaf Collection

   

Leaf Classification

   

Plant Stems

   

Mixing Colors

   

Wheels and Belts

   

 

Lower Elementary

LANGUAGE

Story Alphabet

Phonetic object boxes

Phonogram Alphabet

Phonogram cards

Word Study:

·         Root Words

·         Compound words

·         Suffixes

·         Antonyms

·         Synonyms

·         Homonyms

·         Homophones

·         Alphabetical order

·         Classification

·         Guide words

Dictionary

Grammar boxes and contents

Grammar command boxes and contents

Grammar symbols with box

Noun exercises

Adjective exercises

Verb exercises

Adverb exercises

Pronoun/verb tense exercises

Personal pronoun exercises

Sentence analysis exercises

Activities for punctuation

Access to library resources

Creative writing support materials

A variety of reading materials at varying levels both Fiction/Nonfiction

 

MATHEMATICS

Addition snake game

Large number cards

Small number cards

Stamp games

Addition Finger Chart

Subtraction Finger Chart

Multiplication Finger Chart

Division Finger Chart

Bead Cabinet materials

Equations and sums boxes

Subtraction and difference boxes

Multiplication and products boxes

Division and quotient boxes

Unit division board

Multiplication bead/board

Subtraction snake game

Small bead frame

Large bead frame

Hierarchical wooden material and number cards

Checkerboard with tiles and beads in a box

Elementary bank game

Flat bead frame and number tiles

Long division material (racks and tubes)

Peg board and set of pegs

Decanomial bead bars 

Metal fraction circles

Box of cut out fractions

Measurement materials for:

·         Length

·         Mass

·         Capacity

·         Temperature

·         Time

Large skittles

Instrument for reduction of fractions

Cubing material (large box)

Canadian currency

Surveying & graphing

 

GEOMETRY

Geometry cabinet and labels

Geometric solids and labels

Constructive triangles

Geometry nomenclature – minimum of 10

Geometry command cards

Geometrical box of sticks and board

Metal squares (9 plates)

Metal triangles (4 plates)

Protractor and compasses

Montessori protractor

 

HISTORY

Creation Story

History of writing

The clock

Fundamental Needs of Humans chart

Various types of calendars

Parts of the year and etymologies

Days of the week and etymologies

BC/AD timeline materials

Century timeline

Progress of Civilization

Long black strip

Clock of Eras

Timeline of Life

Hand chart

Roman Numerals

Reference Books

 

BIOLOGY

First knowledge of plants and animals / Who am I

Botany nomenclature – External parts

Body function material – animals 

Five Kingdoms Chart

Botany cabinet

Zoology nomenclature – External parts of Invertebrates & Vertebrates

Invertebrates / Vertebrates Classification

Classification charts

Specimens of plants and animals

Reference books 

Botany Impressionistic Charts

Body function Plants

 

GEOGRAPHY

Land and water forms cards

Puzzle maps

Pin maps

Nomenclature of:

·         Mountain

·         Volcano

·         Flag

·         River

Material on the solar system

Creation story experiments (minimum 10)

Materials for conducting experiments

Layers of the Earth

Impressionistic charts

Science Command Cards

Economic geography material

Rocks and minerals

Reference books

 

Upper Elementary

LANGUAGE

Sandpaper letters and phonograms

1 Story alphabets 

Phonetic object boxes – farm

3 moveable alphabets (black, blue, red)

Phonetic and Phonogram cards

Work Study:

·         Root Words

·         Compound words

·         Suffixes

·         Antonyms

·         Synonyms

·         Homonyms

·         Homophones

·         Alphabetical order

·         Classification

·         Guide words

·         Rhyming

·         Possessives

Grammar boxes and contents

Grammar command boxes and contents

2 Grammar symbols with box (plus 2 in cupboard)

Adjective Classification Chart

Noun Classification Chart

Functions of Words Chart

UE Noun materials

UE Adjective materials

UE Verb materials

UE Preposition materials

UE Adverbs materials

UE Pronouns materials

UE Conjunctions materials

Types of Sentences Materials

Sentence Analysis Chart 1a, 1b, 1c

Sentence Analysis Chart 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d

Sentence Analysis Chart 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d

Sentence Analysis Chart 4

Sentence Analysis Chart 5

Sentence Analysis Chart 6a, 6b, 6c

Sentence Analysis sentence

Sentence Analysis Chart

Sentence Analysis Loose Arms box (plus 3 in cupboard)

UE charts for Language 

Dictionary

Thesaurus

 

MATHEMATICS

Addition snake game

1 Set Large number cards

2 Sets Small number cards

Stamp games (2)

Addition Finger Charts

Subtraction Finger Charts

Multiplication Finger Charts

Division Finger Charts

Bead Cabinet materials

Equations and sums boxes

Subtraction and difference boxes

Multiplication and products boxes

Division and quotient boxes

Unit division board

Multiplication bead/board

Subtraction snake game

Small bead frame

Large bead frame

Hierarchical wooden material and number cards

Checkerboard with tiles and beads in a box 

Elementary bank game

Flat bead frame and number tiles

Long division material (racks and tubes)

Peg board and set of pegs

2 boxes of decanomial bead bars 

Fraction circles

Box of cut out fractions

Measurement materials for:

·         Length

·         Mass

·         Capacity

·         Temperature

·         Time

Roman numerals

Large skittles

Cubing material (large box)

Canadian currency

Surveying & graphing

 

UE MATHEMATICS

Binomial cube

Trinomial cube

Power of two cube

Power of three cube

Arithmetic binomial cube

Arithmetic trinomial cube

Cubing material

Small square root board

Patterns for square root

Instrument for reduction of fractions/converting to decimals

Decimal fraction squares

Decimal fraction board and material

Decimal checkerboard and materials

Scale

Calculators

Metre sticks

Measurement materials for:

Capacity

Temperature

Time

·         Liquid volume

·         Conversion material (imperial to metric)

·         Power of three cube

·         Hierarchical trinomial

·         Multibase material 

·         Ratio/Proportion/Probability

Graphing

 

GEOMETRY

Geometry demonstration tray

Geometry cabinet and labels

Geometric solids and labels

Constructive triangles (6 boxes)

LOWER ELEMENTARY NOMENCLATURE

From the point to the solid

Lines and types of lines

Parts of a straight line

Positions of a straight line

Positions of Two Straight Lines

Axis of a Line Segment

Angle and Principal Angle

Parts of an Angle

Relationship between two angles

Two particular combinations of angles

Angles Formed by Two straight lines and a transversal

The bisector of an angle

Plane figures

Polygons

Simple Closed curved figures

Triangles classified by side

Triangles classified by angles

Parts of the triangle

Sides of a right-angled triangle

Types of right-angled triangles

UPPER ELEMENTARY NOMENCLATURE

Study of the straight line and transversal

Study of the triangle – 7 triangles of reality

Centres of triangles

Basic quadrilaterals

Parts of the common quadrilateral

Parts of the trapezoid

Parts of the parallelogram

Parts of the rectangle

Parts of the rhombus

Parts of the square

Types of the trapezoid

Types of regular and irregular polygons

Regular polygons

Parts of the polygon

Parts of the circle

Relation between a straight line and a circumference

Relative positions between two circumferences

Geometry command cards

Geometrical box of sticks and board

Detective Adjective Game

Metal squares (9 plates)

Metal triangles (4 plates)

Triangle inscribed in circle

Equivalent figures (13 plates)

Inscribed and concentric circles (9 plates)

Theorem of Pythagoras (3 plates)

Instrument for the measurement of angles

Yellow prisms (5) 

Yellow triangles for area

Volume containers

Box 1,000 cubes (1x1x1 cm) for volume

Box 250 cubes (2x2x2 cm) for volume

Box Elementary geometric solids:

·         Grey rectangular prism

·         Green rhombic prisms

·         Blue hexagonal prisms

Protractor and compasses

Montessori protractor

Geometry command cards

 

HISTORY

Creation Story

History of writing (language shelf)

The clock

Fundamental Needs of Humankind chart

Various types of calendars

Parts of the year and etymologies

Days of the week and etymologies

BC/AD time line materials

Century time line

Progress of Civilization Cards

Long black strip

Clock of Eras

Time line of Life

Hand chart

Roman Numerals (math)

Reference Books

UPPER ELEMENTARY

Cultural Calendars

Creation stories

Timeline of Humans

Civilization Timeline

Timeline of Migration and Exploration

History Chart Questions (5)

Migration Charts

Canadian Migration

Explorers 3-part cards

Canadian Indigenous Peoples (fundamental needs cards)

Indigenous Treaties

Indigenous Languages

 

BIOLOGY

First knowledge of plants and animals / Who am I

Animals and classification (eg. Continents, underground/above ground, swim/crawl/walk/fly, etc.)

Botany nomenclature – External parts of vertebrates

Body function material – internal animals 

Five Kingdoms Chart

Botany cabinet

Zoology nomenclature – External parts of Invertebrates

Invertebrates / Vertebrates Classification Chart

Classification charts

Specimens of plants and animals

Botany Impressionistic Charts

UPPER ELEMENTARY

Human body function material/Great River

Five Kingdoms charts

Kingdom Animalia – Phylum

Kingdom Plantae – Phylum

Kingdom Animalia – classes, order, etc

Kingdom Plantae – classes, order, etc.

Interdependence ‘biotic’ and ‘abiotic’ elements

Food Web chart

Internal functions nomenclature 2nd level

Equipment for experiments and dissection

Chinese boxes

Life cycle of the plant chart

Plant Nomenclature (eg. Flower, leaf, stem, root, fruit, seeds)

Microscope

Animal Cell

Plant Cell

Forces nomenclature

Simple machine experiment items (eg. Ramp, wood, etc.)

Gravity experiments

Water experiments

Flight experiments

Light experiments

Sound experiments

Periodic Table

Atom Board

Electricity and Magnetism

Biogeochemical charts

 

GEOGRAPHY

Land and water forms cards

Puzzle maps

Pin map

Canadian Flags

Flags around the World

Nomenclature of:

·         Mountain

·         Volcano

·         Flag

·         River

Material on the solar system

Creation story experiments (minimum 10)

Materials for conducting experiments

Layers of the Earth 

Impressionistic charts

Science Command Cards

Economic geography material

Rocks and minerals

Canadian Geography nomenclature

Mapping activities

Compass

Production stamps

Atlas

Reference books