exploringmontessori

Here’s what’s on our shelf this week:

Top Shelf

Montessori Cylinder Blocks: These wooden cylinders are great for exploring size, shape, and spatial reasoning. Our little one loves pulling them out and experimenting with putting them back. They’re wonderful for building fine motor skills and visual discrimination.

Peg Drop: Dropping the pegs into the holes and watching them disappear provides immediate feedback and encourages focused, repeated play.

Mini Pitcher Set on a Tray: This set supports early practical life activities. While we’re not pouring independently just yet, our little one enjoys exploring the pitchers — feeling their weight, clinking them, and simply moving them around.

Middle Shelf

Stacking Rings: A current favourite! Simple and effective, these rings help build coordination and control. They’re easy to grasp and offer plenty of repetition for stacking, unstacking, and rolling around the floor.

Object Permanence Ball Push: A great way to explore cause and effect. Pushing the balls through the holes builds strength and hand control, and there’s a delightful moment of surprise when the ball rolls out.

Geometric Shape Puzzles: These wooden puzzles with chunky knobs are perfect for little hands. Our little one enjoys experimenting with fitting the pieces in — a lovely way to work on pincer grasp and early problem-solving.

Bottom Shelf

Basket of Instruments: Music time is always a hit. We keep a tambourine, rhythm sticks, and a few other small instruments in this basket for easy access during playtime or our little music sessions.

Sensory Switch Board: This board includes several actions — pushing, flipping, turning — all in one toy. While it’s visually interesting, it offers too many options at once, which makes it hard for our little one to concentrate on any single task. Because it doesn’t isolate one skill, it hasn’t held attention for long.

Treasure Basket (Kitchen Tools): Another favourite! A small set of real, child-sized kitchen tools for early pretend play. Stirring, banging, and handling different textures — it’s simple, hands-on fun and a great intro to imaginative play.