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Whether you want to focus on evergreen trees in general, Christmas trees, or both, you’ll find lots of fun resources in our new unit! It’s an evergreen tree theme with hands-on activities for preschool through early elementary. Here, you’ll find links to free evergreen tree printables used to prepare hands-on activities and a new Montessori-inspired... Read More » The post Free Evergreen Tree Printables and Montessori-Inspired Evergreen Tree Activities appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

We already have spring art appreciation meditation and puzzles in print or cursive, summer art appreciation meditation and puzzles in print or cursive, and autumn art appreciation meditation and puzzles in print or cursive. Now we’re including winter art appreciation meditation and puzzles! Our winter art appreciation pack in print or cursive has art prints... Read More » The post Winter Art Appreciation – Meditation and Puzzles in Print or Cursive appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

We’ve had a complete fall unit before. But we’re more likely to just get out some of our favorite fall books along with our current theme. Here are some of our favorite fall books. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links (at no cost to you). Just choose books based on your child’s age and what... Read More » The post Favorite Books for a Fall Theme appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

We have a new theme this month that works especially well for advanced preschoolers through elementary-age kids! It’s a detective theme with hands-on activities for art fraud detectives, perspective detectives, story detectives, grammar detectives, math detectives, history detectives, and forensic science detectives! Younger children can join in as detectives with hide-and-seek or scavenger-hunt activities in... Read More » The post Free Detective Printables and Montessori-Inspired Detective Activities appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

Our road construction unit has been a fun, high-interest theme. But any construction theme is typically high interest. Here are some of our favorite construction books, featuring road construction books and including construction books of all kinds. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links (at no cost to you). Just choose books based on your child’s... Read More » The post Favorite Books for a Construction Theme appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

We already have spring art appreciation meditation and puzzles in print or cursive and summer art appreciation meditation and puzzles in print or cursive. Now we’re including autumn art appreciation meditation and puzzles! Our autumn art appreciation pack in print or cursive has art prints for meditation-style activities along with art prints made into easy-cut... Read More » The post Autumn Art Appreciation – Meditation and Puzzles in Print or Cursive appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

Road construction is a fun, high-interest theme … especially for vehicle lovers. We’ve had construction units before, but this one focuses specifically on road construction! Here, you’ll find links to free road construction printables used to prepare hands-on activities and a new Montessori-inspired road construction pack for our newsletter subscribers’ resource library! Disclosure: This post... Read More » The post Free Road Construction Printables and Montessori-Inspired Road Construction Activities appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

We have so many free do-a-dot printables that we don’t design one for each unit any more. But we’re completing a vertebrate series, which has included free do-a-dot printables that work well for both younger and older kids. Today’s free do-a-dot printable is a mammals do-a-dot phonics printable  … as usual, an instant download and... Read More » The post FREE Mammals Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download) appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

We’d all like to protect our children from tragedy, but even young children often hear about or are exposed to tragic events. Today is September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. If you’re wondering how to help your children understand and cope with the September 11 anniversary, I’m sharing some posts that give helpful... Read More » The post Talking with Children about 9/11 – Ideas and Activities appeared first on Living Montessori Now.

We’ve loved our vertebrate classification series, and we’re on our final class of vertebrates. Today, I’m sharing mammal songs and educational videos for a variety of ages.   The resources here will be mainly focused on preschool through elementary with some for older kids.  The mammals in the main post photo are from Aisne’s Creations... Read More » The post Free Mammal Songs and Educational Videos appeared first on Living Montessori Now.