{"title":"Montessori","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMontessori at Home: Activities for 3-6 Year Olds\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Help me to do it by myself.” This is the phrase that best summarizes the Montessori method, and it is exactly what parents coming to this page are looking for: concrete activities, doable at home, that give the child the desire and the means to be self-reliant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in The Great Montessori Workbook\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large \u003cstrong\u003e88-page full-color\u003c\/strong\u003e workbook, in A4 format, with \u003cstrong\u003e100 activities\u003c\/strong\u003e designed for children aged \u003cstrong\u003e3 to 6\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each page is illustrated with real watercolors and includes a “parents' corner” that explains in two lines what the activity works on and how to support without doing it for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe activities cover the six major areas of the pedagogy: \u003cstrong\u003epractical life\u003c\/strong\u003e (pouring, transferring, buttoning), \u003cstrong\u003esensory\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003egraphism\u003c\/strong\u003e and fine motor skills, \u003cstrong\u003elanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e with nomenclature cards to cut out, \u003cstrong\u003eearly numbers\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003enature\u003c\/strong\u003e. The workbook opens with a parent guide and the famous \u003cstrong\u003ethree-period lesson\u003c\/strong\u003e, the presentation method that allows a child to retain a new word without having to be corrected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy this pedagogy works so well at this age\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 3 and 6 years old, the child goes through what Maria Montessori called sensitive periods: windows where they absorb learning with an ease they will never have again. A sensitive period cannot be forced: it is observed, and the corresponding activity is then proposed. Language, order, movement, small objects. The idea is not to push them ahead faster, but to offer them the right activity at the right time, and let them repeat it as many times as they want.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe adult presents, then steps back. This is often the hardest part for us: resisting the urge to correct, to finish for them, to comment. Autonomy is built right there, in that silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat age, what grade?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 3 to 6 years old, which is the entire nursery school age: the first, second, and third years of preschool. Some practical life activities are suitable from the very first year, while others, such as language and early numbers, make full sense in the final year of preschool, just before starting primary school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no forced order. A four-year-old may spend three weeks on transferring activities and ignore letters; this is normal, and it is even the principle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWithout expensive material, without screens\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Montessori method has a reputation for being expensive, because of the wooden materials seen everywhere. This workbook takes the opposite path: the activities are done with what you already have at home, a pair of scissors, pencils, sometimes a little water and two containers. Nothing extra to buy, nothing to install, no screens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is also what makes it usable in homeschooling as well as as a supplement to school, and portable for vacations or at the grandparents' house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe six domains, activity by activity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePractical life\u003c\/strong\u003e opens the workbook: pouring, transferring, buttoning. Daily gestures that the child repeats ten times because they enjoy it, and which build gripping skills and concentration. Next comes \u003cstrong\u003esensory\u003c\/strong\u003e, where they learn to compare, classify, and name what they touch and see: this is the foundation for future mathematical learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGraphism\u003c\/strong\u003e prepares for writing by developing fine motor skills. \u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives with nomenclature cards to cut out, a real picture book that helps the child name the world, enrich their oral language, and move toward reading. \u003cstrong\u003eEarly numbers\u003c\/strong\u003e introduce counting and the idea of quantity, well before abstract arithmetic. Finally, \u003cstrong\u003enature\u003c\/strong\u003e invites them to observe, experiment, and discover the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eNo materials to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen looking for Montessori materials, you quickly come across the pink tower, sandpaper letters, cylinders, and expensive wooden toys. This workbook requires none of that: a pair of scissors for cutting, colored pencils, and everyday objects already in the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a deliberate choice. Wooden educational material is magnificent, but it is not the pedagogy: what counts is concrete manipulation and how the adult presents the activity, not the price of the object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEach child's own pace\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe activities do not follow an imposed order. “Is my child progressing fast enough?” A child may spend three weeks on the same exercise, ignore another, and return to it six months later: it is their own pace, and this is how autonomy and self-confidence are built. The absorbent mind of young children does the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe workshops are designed to be autonomous: once the activity is presented, the child repeats it alone. This is precisely the purpose of the three-period lesson — name, recognize, recall — which allows for memorizing a new word without ever saying “no, that’s wrong.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAn awakening workbook for all of preschool\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst, second, and third years of preschool: the 100 activities cover these three ages. Young three-year-olds will start with practical life and sensory; in the third year, the letters of the alphabet, counting, and motor activities take over before entering elementary school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether your child is in school or homeschooled, this educational workbook is used as a supplement, never as a replacement. It is about awakening, amusing, supporting the child's development and fulfillment, not doing school twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAre you a preschool teacher and thinking of “my students”? Email us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:contact@kidibook.com\"\u003econtact@kidibook.com\u003c\/a\u003e, we review every request.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAn inspiration, not a certification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet’s be clear, because the word “Montessori” is used for everything: the Montessori pedagogy belongs to the public domain, and this work is \u003cstrong\u003einspired\u003c\/strong\u003e by it. It is not affiliated with any Montessori school, any association, or any certification body. It is not official material: it is an activity workbook designed and illustrated in France, in the spirit of this approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTo go further\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo you want to try before you buy? A pack of nomenclature cards is available for free on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kidibook.com\/activites-montessori-a-imprimer.html\"\u003eour printable Montessori activities page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd when your child enters primary school, what follows awaits: our \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/cahiers-de-vacances\"\u003evacation workbooks\u003c\/a\u003e accompany the final year of preschool up to the end of primary school, and our \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/ma-super-annee\"\u003eMy Super Year\u003c\/a\u003e range establishes a daily ritual throughout the school year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePrinted on demand in Europe, delivered for free\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is paperback in A4 format and printed on demand in a partner workshop in Europe. Allow 5 to 10 business days between ordering and receipt. Delivery is free, with no minimum purchase, throughout mainland France.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"le-grand-cahier-montessori-100-activites-3-6-ans-livre-broche","title":"The Montessori Big Workbook — 100 activities for ages 3-6 (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe print version of our large Montessori workbook — 88 full-color pages, to flip through and fill out again and again.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100 gentle and joyful activities inspired by the Montessori method, to guide your 3- to 6-year-old child toward independence — screen-free, stress-free, and with the joy of doing it \"all by myself.\" Illustrated with real watercolors, featuring a thoughtful \"parents' corner\" on every page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e📕 \u003cstrong\u003eA4 paperback book\u003c\/strong\u003e, 88 color pages, printed on demand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e🌿 The parents' guide and the famous \u003cstrong\u003e3-period lesson\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e🫗 Practical life · 👁️ Sensory · ✍️ Pre-writing · 🗣️ Language · 🔢 First numbers · 🌳 Nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e✂️ Nomenclature cards to cut out, with real watercolor illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e🇫🇷 Designed and illustrated in France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWould you rather print it yourself? 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