You do not need to send your child to a specialized school to be able to start teaching them via the Montessori method. The educational way of learning via hands-on learning, collaborative play and self directed activity starts right at home. You can turn almost anything into a game nowadays. Focusing on math and reading while making it a game is a way to keep children engaged and interested to continue learning. Here are some really fun Montessori educational toys and games for kids that will keep them entertained and push their imagination and brain to think outside the box to solve the problems and games.
3D Large Geometric Solids
DEVELOP EARLY STEM SKILLS: Children love to identify these 3d shapes and count the number of faces and vertices. A tactile learning tool for essential, early geometry and math skills. Although the primary objective of this math tool is to learn about 3D shapes, children will learn so much more! They can also be used for sorting, stacking and comparing and can assist in strengthening language skills.
Decimal System Bank Game
Sensory impression of operation – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, deepen the understanding of the relationship between addition and subtraction and the relationship between multiplication and division.
Woodpecker Magnetic Game
First, find the worms hidden in the tree hole. At this time, the toddler needed the help of the mother bird. Use its pointed mouth to grab the worm out of the tree hole. Finally, feed the caught worm into the baby bird’s mouth.
Magnetic Alphabet Maze Board
Hands-on Way to Explore the Alphabet: The sturdy hardwood maze has colorful balloons that represent each letter of the alphabet, plus 26 corresponding letter magnets. Kids use the attached magnetic wand to guide each letter into place reinforcing letter identification and alphabet order with every match that they make.
Shapes Puzzles
This jigsaw puzzle set includes 36 pieces of different wooden shapes and 50 double-sided pattern cards in an Iron Box. Using imagination to make their own design without pattern cards, which is an excellent way to increase mental ability.
Screwdriver Board and Hammer Peg Game
Take 10 Nails (Pegs), One Hammer And An Inquisitive Child And You Have Hours Of Fun! Your Child Will Spend A Ton Of Focused Time Hammering The Little Wooden Pegs Into The Clay. Very Well Made And So Great For Fine Motor Skills.
Memory Chess Match Game
The object of this fun board game for kids is simple. Roll the dice to reveal a color, find a matching color pin on the board and collect as many pieces as possible (when playing with other children).
Dinosaur Balance Math Game
The double-sided cards show three different levels, you can do the math game with your kids as shown on the cards provided. Start math skills and encourage learning by inspiring multi-level learning games.
Shut The Box Dice Game
Arithmetic Practice: The Coogam shut the box game gives practice in math without kids realizing they are learning numbers and counting while playing the game! The quick addition game helps greatly with number recognition with enjoying flipping the numbers up and down. Train little one’s early mathematics concepts like calculation with a bit of challenging yet a lot of fun play!
Addition and Subtraction Games
Initially the child fits the pieces by auto learning using the appropriate self correcting jigsaw piece. Later, the child can actually count and select the correct number on its own. Finally the child can add or subtract without counting and can insert the desired piece directly. At a later stage the child can then be asked to do the puzzles randomly and not in the ascending sequence as done earlier.
Wooden Tower Stacking Game
MULTI WAY TO PLAY: Build a timber tower by placing colored columns in a turn-based game. Players will take turns rolling the dice, then carefully removing the pull of a corresponding color block. The colorful blocks have a smooth surface making them easy to remove. The player who knocks down the tower will lose the game.
3D Russian Blocks Brain Teaser Game
Geometric Assembling Russian Blocks use common geometric patterns and colors to keep children busy for different options to play. Solving it themselves helps to keep kids’ brain focused and adds creativity to eye-hand coordination and color & shape recognition. It’s better than on screen!
Wooden Geoboard
Educational Toy: Having them in school to learn all types of different 2D shapes and figuring out fractions. Good for kids who love making shapes, letters, designs and struggle with grasp, fine motor & visual motor skills.
Tangram Brain Teaser Game
Geometric IQ Game: Endless possibilities for kids and adults building blocks, not only limited to the instructions, but also try to figure out more solutions to make fantastic works of art. Put the pieces in and fill in the bottom plate, then you make it!
Animal Match Game Cards
Montessori at Home: The matching cards game is very popular, kids love to play this game! It’s fun to play at home or in class. It can help kids to practice the words recognition, pronunciation and meanings (pictures).
I love these gift ideas!! I love when toys prompt creativity.