Seasonal Classroom Guide November

INTRODUCTION Hello! Thank you for downloading this November Seasonal Classroom Activities Guide! I’ve  been  sharing  ideas  from  my  classroom  for  a  couple  of  years  on  my  blog  .      I  thought  it  would   be fun to gather all the ideas together in one place so I could have a simple resource to refer to when  it  comes  time  to  change  up  the  materials  on  the  shelves  each  month.    Hopefully  you’ll  be   able to make some use of it too! Our school is located in the United States and these activities reflect the seasons, holidays, and family activities of this region. If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, you may want to save this guide to use when Autumn rolls around for you. You can find many of these activities on my blog at http://trilliummontessori.org/tag/november/ and get even more ideas on my seasonal Pinterest Board http://www.pinterest.com/trilliummont/seasonal-november-fall-harvest-leaves-thanksgiving/ If you want to be notified when the rest of the seasonal guides are ready (and get a whole bunch of free Montessori printables too), come on over to the blog and sign up for email updates: http://bit.ly/seasonalguides

Thanks again and I hope you enjoy the ideas in here!

IMPORTANT NOTE: The activities in this guide are not intended to replace your regular Montessori materials. If you are new to Montessori, please understand that these types of activities are a very minor part of the classroom and should in no way be considered required in order to have a quality Montessori program. In fact, if they pose a distraction from the traditional materials, I would advise you to remove them from your class altogether. These are simply supplemental things you can add to spice up your shelves a little bit, and add a point of interest to skills that children need more practice with. As with all activities with children, please use adequate supervision and all safety precautions necessary.

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PRACTICAL LIFE IDEAS FOR THE FINE-MOTOR SHELF

Tweezing corn kernels Use seasonal colors and materials to create a cohesive look to your shelves

Sometimes you get lucky and find the perfect seasonal dishes!

Use a little leaf shaped dish

Make a button turkey for a fun fine motor activity! © TrilliumMontessori.org

PRACTICAL LIFE IDEAS FOR THE ART SHELF

Add some autumn/Thanksgiving themed papers to your cutting work.

Create a pattern necklace with pasta and paper leaves.

Punch holes in leaves to make a lacing work

“Gluing  on  a  dot”  is  a  great  introductory  gluing  activity.   Add some seasonal confetti as a point of interest.

Make a turkey collage! © TrilliumMontessori.org

PRACTICAL LIFE LONG SEQUENCE ACTIVITIES It’s  a  good  time  for  us   to start the flower arranging  work…  to   practice setting the table for our Thanksgiving Feast!

Start putting those preliminary practical life skills together and begin cooking. Here we have our cornbread ingredients setup.

Lots of food preparation and heavy lifting go into making our Thanksgiving Feast a success!

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MATCHING & SORTING The following activities will fit in a variety of areas of your classroom. Based on how your shelves are arranged, you may want to place these in your sensorial, early language, or even early math areas.

Shadow matching

Match pressed leaves

Leaf silhouettes

Sort pictures of corn, turkeys and pies

Sort by color

Sort by size

Match scarecrow faces © TrilliumMontessori.org

LANGUAGE IDEAS FOR ORAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Create a Question Game. Collect some seasonal pictures  and  have  the  child  guess  what  you’re   thinking of based on verbal clues you provide. Type up the clues so the readers in your class can lead the game.

Practice following single and multi step verbal directions

Where are the leaves? Learn positional words

Create a little poetry basket with a seasonal song or chant. Find objects or pictures to go along with the song that the children can sequence.

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LANGUAGE IDEAS FOR PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS

Match beginning sounds

Practice Ending Sounds with I-Spy Bingo Rhyming Riddles

Segment and blend phonemes with Point & Slide cards

Sort by Syllables

Sort middle sounds © TrilliumMontessori.org

LANGUAGE IDEAS FOR BEGINNING READING

Add some seasonal pictures to write about with the movable alphabet

Seasonal phonetic reading sentences

Here’s  a  fun  word  building  activity!  

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EARLY MATH

Create number cards for your Numbers and Counters work. Use seasonal items like corn kernels or acorns as counters.

Seasonal number clip cards

Counting leaves on trees!

Seasonal math word problems © TrilliumMontessori.org

SCIENCE

Create leaf and tree identification cards with things you collect during a nature walk

Sort seasonal pictures of living and non living things

Explore leaf shapes with the Botany Cabinet

Learn about the parts of a leaf

Sort seasonal pictures of plants and animals

Learn about squirrels and turkeys © TrilliumMontessori.org

PRINTABLES GUIDE Montessori Style

Activities for November 1. Scarecrow Matching 2. Rhyming Riddles (photographs) 3. Living or Non Living (photographs) 4. Plant or Animal (photographs) 5. I Have Who Has CVC Reading Cards (photographs) 6. CVC Turkey Feathers (photographs) 7. Scarecrow Phonetic Sentences 8. 0-10 Scarecrow Number Cards 9. November Word Problems ( Addition & Subtraction) 10. Parts of a Squirrel http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Montessori-Style-Activities-for-November-959994

Preschool Packs

All About Fall & Thanksgiving 1. Sorting by Color 2. Sorting by Size 3. Question Game 4. Following Directions 5. Shadow Matching 6. Category Sorting 7. Where is the Pumpkin Prepositions Cards 8. Cutting Strips and Tracks 9. 0-10 Pumpkin Number Cards 10. Number Clip Cards http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Fall-Preschool-Pack-1507949 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Preschool-Pack-1507984

Phonological Awareness Activities

All About Fall & Thanksgiving 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Poem, sequencing cards and booklet master Rhyming Riddles Syllable Sorting Beginning Sound Matching Ending Sounds I Spy Bingo Sorting Middle Sounds Point & Slide Cards for Phoneme Segmentation and Blending Phoneme Substitution Cards

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Fall-Phonological-Awareness-Pack-1507898 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Phonological-Awareness-Pack-1507917

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