INTRODUCTION Hello! Thank you for downloading this November Seasonal Classroom Activities Guide! I’ve been sharing ideas from my classroom for ...
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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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