Collections

Are you setting up your Montessori environment and need some one-stop shopping to get things off to the right start? Then these are the collections for you! You may also want to read our blog posts on Setting up the Environment, Setting up the Language Area, and Setting up Sensorial. Or, browse our Montessori for Adults collection.

 

Toddler Collection

Goals  Best For
  • Build vocabulary
  • Transition from 3-dimensions (objects) to 2-dimensions (picture cards)
  • Develop eye-hand coordination
  • Children who are rapidly learning the names of everything in their world
  • Around ages 1.5 to 2.5 years-old


Pre-Reading Collection

Goals  Best For
  • Build vocabulary; expand their internal dictionary
  • Build contextual understanding of language and how it is used to describe the rich diversity of life
  • Help the children learn that their voice matters (they have something to say and it is worth saying)
  • Develop phonemic awareness
  • Develop letter-sound knowledge
  • Gain practice phonetically spelling words (segmenting)
  • Children who have a growing vocabulary and are interested in the sounds of language (music, rhymes, etc.)
  • Around ages 2.5 to 4-years-old and older


Beginning Reading Collection

Goals  Best For
  • Introduce the child to reading words
  • Help the child realize that a written word is a group of sounds which are represented by graphic signs and have meaning—this is the first time they connect the printed/graphic word with an image
  • Emphasize the graphic symbols that represent key sounds made by pairs of letters (phonograms)
  • Appreciate the curiosities and complexities of English
  • Build awareness that sounds have more than one spelling
  • Teach the irregular spellings of common words
  • Give the child enjoyable and meaningful ways to practice reading
  • Children who know the sounds of the alphabet and phonogram key sounds
  • Anywhere from 3.5 to 6 years-old or older 


Reading Comprehension Collection

Goals  Best For
  • Help the child decipher non-phonetic words 
  • Raise the child's awareness of spelling and nuances of meaning
  • Give the child enjoyable and meaningful ways to practice reading
  • Present the functions of words/grammar in a fun, tangible way
  • Create opportunities to practice spelling while isolating key aspects of words
  • Develop the child's analytical mind
  • Prepare the child for analyzing sentence structure and syntax
  • Children who are strong phonetic readers and who can read the key sound phonograms (like th, ch, ee, etc.)
  • Anywhere from 4.5 to 8 years-old or older 


Homeschool Starter Set

Goals  Best For
  • Give the homeschool family foundational materials needed to implement the Montessori/Dwyer approach to literacy
  • Homeschools with children of mixed abilities/ages (a combination of the above collections)
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Toddler Collection
$39.95 USD

Toddler Collection

$39.95 USD

Bundle all of our Toddler materials together into one discounted set! These cards are the perfect way to introduce toddlers to language work. We make these cards with ...
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