Please note that this post was written toward the beginning of our Montessori journey. I no longer recommend this way of letter learning, nor do I find trays like this necessary from a Montessori perspective. This isn't to say that none of these could be used in a Montessori environment, but these are Montessori inspired and not often found in traditional toddler environments. - Nicole, 2018
And our weekly trays are back! We stopped co-op in the spring with the letter M, so after a welcome back week, we started up with the letter N.
Henry has fun with these trays but didn't choose to work with them as much. There is so much work in the classroom now that he has a lot of other choices.
The first tray for letter N week was a net activity. One large bowl was filled with water and some foam blocks . The children would use a small fishing net to transfer the blocks from one bowl to the next.
This was by far the most popular work this week.
The second tray was a build a nest tra…
And our weekly trays are back! We stopped co-op in the spring with the letter M, so after a welcome back week, we started up with the letter N.
Henry has fun with these trays but didn't choose to work with them as much. There is so much work in the classroom now that he has a lot of other choices.
The first tray for letter N week was a net activity. One large bowl was filled with water and some foam blocks . The children would use a small fishing net to transfer the blocks from one bowl to the next.
This was by far the most popular work this week.
The second tray was a build a nest tra…