Tour of the Toddler 1 Environment
Tour of the Toddler 1 Environment. By SJMS Toddler 1 teacher, Tammy Chabria
What makes a Montessori Toddler community special is the focus on learning independence and life skills (what we in Montessori call Practical Life), and a carefully prepared environment that provides activities tailored to each child that are just difficult enough to provide challenge and growth.
Practical Life, Food Prep Shelf
Top: name cards for snack space, cloth napkins, drinking water
Middle: lemon cutting for water, snack item 1, snack item 2
Bottom: open/close lunchbox, sorting trash/recycle/compost, crumber, table washing
Dish Cabinet
Practical Life, Care of Environment Shelf (l-r):
Top: watering can, cleaning cloths
Middle: wash a baby, duster, broom and dustpan
Bottom: vehicle lacing, hammer roll, iron and ironing board
Dishwashing Stand
Clothesline
Practical Life, Care of Self:
Dressing Frames: Large Velcro, Large Zipper
Hand/Face Washing
Nose Blowing
Art Shelf (l-r):
Easel: cool whip and jello painting
Top: crayon rocks, fingerprint stamps, food group stickers
Middle: gluing a face, cloud dough
Bottom: tearing/cutting paper, large Perler beads, xylophone
Language/Math Shelf (l-r):
Top: family matching, chalkboard and chalk
Middle: body part puzzle, care-of self puzzle
Bottom: number of people in your family, CandyLand Castle, pasta sorting
Peace/Self-Regulation Shelves:
sand spiral touch
Magic Window
lavender frog, rainstick
Science Shelf (l-r):
Top: fish tank, water wheel, binoculars
Middle: planting wheatgrass
Bottom: rock exploration basket, biology exploration basket, feely box
Cultural Shelf (l-r):
Top: Jesus as the Good Shepherd with children, Pictorial Bible, Holy Family
Middle: God Made Me book, build a face, book on different families
Bottom: book on Family, globe, book being proud of oneself
Sensory Bin:
Sensorimotor Shelf (l-r):
Top: texture blocks, hanging knit balls
Middle: sight tube, smelling book, sound blocks
Bottom: tasking activity, ball drawer, triangle stacker
Left side: Ball tracker
Gross Motor:
ball drop w/ table tennis balls
shopping cart and family size food bottles
crane pull toy
Pikler Triangle