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The Teacher’s Activity Handbook

Make learning joyful, one activity at a time.

Twenty-seven activities you can set out tomorrow, each with the materials, the steps and what the child is really learning.

A teacher giving a lesson to a child on a mat

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If this sounds familiar

You want activity-based lessons. You just need the activities.

The planning

Sunday night comes around fast.

These are ready to set out, with everyday materials.

The classroom

Busy is not the same as learning.

Each activity says what the child is actually developing.

The method

Montessori can feel out of reach.

Written for any classroom, no special apparatus needed.

What’s inside

Twenty-seven activities, across five areas

Basic activities

Work mats, chowkis, carrying a glass. The small routines that make everything else possible.

Practical life

Sorting, spooning, tongs, pouring, block printing, and how to say namaste and thank you.

Sensorial

Colour cards, rough and smooth, arranging vessels, identifying an object by touch.

Language

Hide and seek, and recognising sounds, the step before letters ever appear.

Arithmetic

Counting and number sense built from objects the child can hold.

Good teaching habits

How to present, when to step back, and what to do when a child loses interest.

Every activity lists its materials, the presentation step by step, and the direct and indirect aims.

Who this is for

Anyone who runs a classroom of young children: preschool and primary teachers, assistants, and parents teaching at home.

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Written by

Dr. S Rekha Reddy

Montessori Pioneer · Master Trainer · Founder, MontShala

Thirty-five years advancing Montessori practice in India, and a lifetime of teacher education. Every activity here has been used with children, and taught to the teachers who now teach it.

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