A complete functional guide for getting to know and use the Montessori method in class.

THE SERIES

The Montessori educational albums - validated by the Montessori Italy Foundation - are designed to share knowledge of the activities and materials that develop children's intelligence, motor skills, relational, cognitive and metacognitive skills with the Montessori method.

Full of illustrations and with ample space for personal notes, the albums of the series are intended not only for those who have already adopted the Montessori method, but also for all teachers who want to start applying it in their classrooms, as well as for parents interested in getting to know it better.

THE STRUCTURE

The Montessori educational albums are made up of:

• an introductory part dedicated to the method, its innovative drive and its methodological principles (the Montessori environment, the use of materials and the role of the adult);
• an in-depth analysis of the type of activity on which the single volume is focused;
• the presentation of the activities, with detailed indications and divided by thematic areas.

THE ALBUMS - Proposals for kindergarten

Manual activities to develop creativity

Edited by Paola Ceglia

This volume offers a series of activities to develop children’s creativity through manual activities that help refine hand-eye coordination, expressive languages and aesthetic sense. The activities are divided into 4 sections:

1. Cut out, paste, pin poke, fold
2. Watercolour: drawing, observation, study and memorisation
3. Screen printing, printing, stamping
4. Manipulate and create

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Activities with sensory materials

Edited by Martine Gilsoul

This volume offers activities with sensory materials: practical exercises to sharpen the senses and manual manipulation skills of children aged 3 to 6 years. The activities are divided into 6 sections:

1. Education of the visual sense of dimensions
2. Education of the visual sense of shapes
3. Education of the chromatic sense
4. Education of the tactile sense
5. Education of the baric sense
6. Education of the auditory sense

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Activities for learning how to read and write

Edited by Andrea Lupi

This volume explains in detail how to accompany children ages 3 to 7 years old in learning to read and write.  It offers 22 activities aimed at training fine motor skills, divided into 3 sections

1. Preparing the hand for the writing tool;
2. Preparing the hand to trace the shape of the letters;
3. Composing, writing, reading

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Practical life activities

Edited by Andrea Lupi and Martine Gilsoul

This album is aimed at teachers, educators and parents of children aged 3 to 6. It is dedicated to practical life activities to develop autonomy, personal growth and sociability, and are divided into:

1. Taking care of myself (change rooms, bathroom routines, washing yourself, lacing frames, telling events);
2. Social relationships (taking care of shared environments, at the table together, nature);
3. Exercises for smart hands (pouring, opening and closing, putting on, manipulating).

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Activities for developing fine motor skills

Edited by Andrea Lupi

This album is aimed at teachers, educators and parents of children aged 3 to 6.  It is dedicated to activities for developing fine motor skills, aimed  at manual coordination, psycho-motor refinement and manipulation of objects, and which are divided into:

1. Opening and closing;
2. Screwing and unscrewing;
3. Expressivity;
4. Putting on and taking off;
5. Putting in and taking out.

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Activities for learning mathematics

Edited by Martine Gilsoul

This volume offers activities for learning mathematics starting at the youngest ages and aimed at training reasoning through the "concrete" knowledge of numbers and science. It is divided into 3 sections: 

1. The first level of numbers: the knowledge of digits;
2. The second level of numbers: the knowledge of the decimal system;
3. Exercises parallel to the decimal system:exercises to familiarize with the processes.

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THE ALBUMS - Proposals for primary school

Reading and grammar activities

Edited by Andrea Lupi

Aimed at teachers, educators and parents of children aged 6 to 8, this album offers reading and grammar activities designed to gradually train communication and language skills

The activities are divided into 4 sections:

1. Communication and writing;
2. Reading;
3. Vocabulary;
4. Analysing;

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THE CURATORS

Andrea Lupi is a pedagogist, and the general secretary of the Montessori Foundation Italy.  He is a trainer and supervisor of Montessori method nurseries and schools, and the author of articles and scientific essays on teaching and the history of pedagogy.

Martine Gilsoul has a degree in Education from the University of Liège.  She worked as a teacher for newly arrived children in the Priority Education Area in Brussels. She became familiar with the Montessori method after an experience in a favela in Salvador de Bahia.  She trained at the Montessori Center for Studies at the Roma Tre University and at the Montessori Birth Center.