A few days ago we gave you ideas of activities to enjoy with the children of the Christmas holidays ahead of us. Among these many ideas we recommended the crafts as a great way to enjoy leisure and encourage the imagination of children.
But if what you like is to do Montessori activities with your children, we share in this article a series of Christmas crafts that we have compiled from various blogs specialized in Montessori education, so that in addition to enjoying these family parties, they learn by playing.
Montessori Christmas tree
María, from the blog My mom by day, explains step by step how to make a Montessori-inspired Christmas tree ourselves using materials such as porexpan, cardboards and colored felt, and helping us with other elements such as velcro, zippers and buttons.
Photo via My mom by day Once we have done it, it is time to make ornaments. These should be large, easily manipulated by young children, and with different sounds, textures and colors that help them foster their imagination and Develop the sensory area through learning and experimentation.
Photo via My mom by day Throughout the process of making this Christmas tree, our children will have witnessed the time we have spent, the beauty of the details and that it has been done in order that they can play and learn.
Once the whole process is finished, we will only have to sew several buttons along the tree and offer it to our children to decorate, play, experiment and learn.
Photo via My mom by day Play and learn with Christmas decorations
Among the many activities Susana proposes in her blog, Montessori with my kids, I have selected these two that allow children Play and learn with the Christmas decorations that we all have at home.
- One of these activities would be to classify the ornaments and separate them into different groups. Next, how many ornaments make up each group will be counted and the result will be linked to the corresponding number of strips.
It is an activity aimed at children between three and six years that allows to work concentration, mathematics and fine motor skills, among other aspects.
Photo via Montessori with my kids - Another activity proposed by Susana would be that of make homemade garlands using the ornaments we have but following an order and a sequence of placement. In this way, the kids will work the concentration and mathematical logical development.
Photo via Montessori with my kids I encourage you to take a look at the rest of the Christmas activities proposed by the author, classified into two large groups according to the child's age: from zero to three years and from three to six years.
Embossed Puzzle
Zazu, from the Learning with Montessori blog, offers us a beautiful activity with Christmas dyes that go beyond the elaboration of a wooden puzzle with the silhouette of a deer, reindeer or elk.
Photo via Learning with Montessori Why does this animal represent Christmas? Where do these animals live? What curious facts can we offer children about them? Following the Montessori philosophy, any opportunity is unique to talk with the kids about everything around us in the world.
Zazu offers us this puzzle made of wood deer and divided into four large parts. Perfect for the little hands of the little ones, simple to manipulate and ideal to talk with our children about a beautiful animal that they will probably see on more than one occasion as part of the Christmas decoration that surrounds us.
Homemade Christmas Postcards
Marta, from the Peque Felicidad blog, proposes several Christmas-inspired Montessori activities. I encourage you to take a look because they are really fun and educational for children.
Among all of them I have selected how to prepare with the little homemade Christmas cards because, as I said the other day, I think it is a beautiful and emotional activity to enjoy with the family.
For the preparation of these postcards, Marta advises us to prepare white finger paint, red cards and photographs of our children.
First, we will fold the cards as a postcard
Next, our kids will dip their little hand in white paint and stamp it on the cover of the postcard, decorated every finger as they please.
Photo via Peque Felicidad - Inside, they will paste your picture and next we will write to our recipient the message we want
Photo via Peque Felicidad Is there a prettier and more emotional Christmas postcard than this one? With this simple activity our children will develop their creativity, imagination and fine motor skills, in addition to actively participating in the whole process that involves sending a letter by postal mail.
No doubt we will enjoy doing these Montessori activities with Christmas dye while our children learn while having fun.In Babies and More Seven Montessori activities to do with children at home, Nine Christmas activities to enjoy with children on this holiday
