Do you need ideas for hands-on activities to do with your toddler? I have compiled over 100 Montessori inspired activities for toddlers from the age of 1 to 2.5 years old. That is at least a years worth of fun hands-on learning play ideas! These are all the activities that Little Bee and I have done over the last year. I organized these activities into sections for the young (1-2 years old) toddler, practical life skills, holidays & seasons, and themed unit studies. I hope you find this compilation to be a great resource of fun ideas to enjoy with your little one!
Practical Life Skills
- Life Skills for a One Year Old
- Montessori Toddler in the Kitchen
- Harvesting the Garden
- Montessori Tot Self Care
- Toddler Montessori Closet
- 6 Practical Life Skills in the Kitchen
- Montessori Kitchen Tools
- Montessori Spaces in Our Home
Young Toddler
- 28 Activities at Home for 1 year old
- Montessori Inspired Toddler Shelves
- Study of the Color Red
- Study of the Color Yellow
- Scent Jars for Toddlers
- Shapes
- "My Things that Go" Montessori Shelves
- Animal Habitats – Sensory Play
- Cardboard Community Buildings
- Stacking/Nesting Boxes
- Fun Books to Read with Toddlers
Holidays & Seasons – Art, Crafts, & Tot Trays
- Happy New Year Slime
- 6 Firework Art Trays
- 10 Valentine Tot Trays
- Easter
- Sensory Play for Earth Day
- Flower Art
- Mother’s Day
- Father’s Day
- Independence Day
- Patriotic Canvas Flag Art
- Summer Ocean Sensory Art
- Teaching Toddlers Thankfulness
- Gratitude Turkey Placemats
- Autumn Sensory Play
- Wash the Pumpkin
- 10 Christmas Tot Trays
- 25 Hands-On Nativity Lessons for Kids
- Winter Sensory Sticky Play
Themed Unit Studies - includes fine motor work, gross motor, pre-writing, pre-reading, math games, sensory play
- Rainbow Unit – Color Box #1
- Summer Garden – Gross Motor
- Tree Unit (Botany)
- Letter B Unit
- Transportation Unit
- Train Unit – Letter T
- Five Senses
- Frog Unit
- Bee Unit – Letter B
- Music for Young Children
- Christian Montessori Worship Shelves
- Study of Human Anatomy - Creation Series
- Hands-On Learning about Animals - Creation Series
If you liked these 100 proposals, these would also help you. I share 8 ideas on incorporating Montessori education at home for children from 1 to 4 years old.
- Let's Define the Montessori Method
- 100+ Montessori Inspired Activities for Toddlers
- 15 Montessori Toddler Shelf Themes
- 100+ Practical Life Skills with Free Printable
- Tips for Montessori Spaces at Home
- Montessori Materials List for 2-4 Years Old
- Montessori Homeschool Curriculum for 3-4 Years Old
- Organizing Homeschool Supplies
I hope you liked these proposals. The most important thing is that you can choose which ones are best suited to your home. There are many benefits to implementing these activities at a young age. One of them is that a habit will form that will accompany the rest of its growth. I await your comment!
These Montessori toys for Toddlers can also be added to the day to day. And the best thing is that you can use them for several years!
This is such an amazing resource! Thank you for sharing – there are so many new-to-me ideas in here, and I do Montessori with a group of toddlers 5 days a week!
Awesome! I am glad you found something of inspiration. 🙂
Wow! Such an amazing collection of activities. They make me want to have a little again. What a feeling it must be to look back and see all you done over the course of a year. Your little one is so blessed to have a Mommy who works so hard to help him learn and grow, while at the same time spending so much time with him.
Thanks Renae! 🙂 We really did have a great year!
This is awesome!!!! A Great resource for toddler activities!!!
Fantastic collection! Such a rich resource 😀
This is a great collection of activities. Thanks for sharing! Most of them can be used with much older kids too. My 12 year old can do all the preparations for many of them, and add in some science inquiry eg: research and properly label the nature finds, perhaps nature journal the samples as well. The shaving cream on the window, she’ll be all over!!! She can actually do the clean up too- BONUS!!!
I am so excited that you can use these ideas for your older kids too! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by…
I just stumbled upon your website and am in love with all of the great content!! I’m fairly new to Montessori so this is all incredibly helpful for me! Thank you for sharing such amazing tips, activities, and advice!
You are so welcome! Thank you for the kind words – you made my day!
This is an amazing collection of Montessori activities, we’ve tried a couple and it was fun and inspiring