Montessori-Inspired Birthday Activities Using Free Printables

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now

I love celebrating birthdays with young children! Our new unit has lots of free birthday printables and activities! You'll also find a brand new Montessori-inspired birthday pack for newsletter subscribers at LivingMontessoriNow.com!

You'll find many activities for preschoolers through first graders throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using free printables to create activity trays here: How to Use Printables to Create Montessori-Inspired Activities. 

At Living Montessori Now, I have a post with resource links of Free Printables for Montessori Homeschools and Preschools. 

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Montessori Shelves with Birthday-Themed Activities

Montessori Shelves with Birthday-Themed Activities

You’ll find Montessori-inspired birthday-themed numbers, letters, and and more (part of my subscriber freebie pack, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password … or check the bottom of your latest newsletter if you’re already a subscriber) Go to my Free Birthday Printables and Montessori-Inspired Birthday Activities post at Living Montessori Now for the free printables and activity ideas you see on the shelf and collage above!

Free Montessori-Inspired Birthday Pack

Montessori-Inspired Birthday Pack for DIY Cards and Counters, Number or Letter Matching, Number or Letter Basket, Bead Bar Work, Hands-on Math Operations, Number or Letter Salt/Sand Writing Tray, Letter Tracing, DIY Movable Alphabet, and Creative Writing (subscriber freebie, so just sign up for my email to get the link and password – or check your inbox if you’re already a subscriber).

More Birthday Resources 

• Montessori Birthday Celebration - A Lovely Celebration of Life Ceremony
• Free Celebration of Life Songs and Printables for a Montessori Birthday
• Montessori Birthday at Home - How to Have a Simple Celebration of Life Ceremony
• Simple Montessori Birthday Celebration for a 1 Year Old
• Birthdays as Homeschool Holidays
• Montessori-Inspired Age and Birthday Activities

More Resources with Printables and/or Activities for a Montessori Birthday

• Free Solar System Printables and Montessori-Inspired Solar System Activities
• Free Y for Year Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
• Free Months and Seasons Printables and Montessori-Inspired Months and Seasons Activities
• Montessori New Year’s Celebration (includes a fun way for young children to understand the science behind months and seasons)

If you'd like ideas for calendar-based themes throughout February and March, see my Feburary-Themed Activities for Kids and March Themed Activities for Kids.

Be sure to go to my Free Birthday Printables and Montessori-Inspired Birthday Activities post at Living Montessori Now for lots of free printables and activity ideas!

 

Wishing you a happy soon-to-be March and spring!

Deb Chitwood is a certified Montessori teacher with a master’s degree in Early Childhood Studies from Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England. Deb taught in Montessori schools in Iowa and Arizona before becoming owner/director/teacher of her own Montessori school in South Dakota. Later, she homeschooled her two children through high school. Deb is now a Montessori writer who lives in San Diego with her husband of 47 years (and lives in the city where her kids, kids-in-law, and grandkids live). She blogs at Living Montessori Now.

20 Great Books About Birthdays!

Hello again, it's Ayn from little illuminations! Today is my birthday!!! I am here at the beach, celebrating with 30 of my favorite family members for our week long family get together. In honor of my special day,  I thought I would share 20 of my favorite books about birthdays! 

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Happy Birthday To You! by Dr. Seuss





You're Only Old Once by Dr. Seuss






It's My Birthday! by Helen Oxenbury


 
The Night Before My Birthday by Natasha Wing


 
Happy Birthday, Mouse! Laura Numeroff


 
The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle



How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday? by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague



  Llama llama, Birthday Party by Anna Dewdney


 
The Birthday Queen by Audrey and Don Wood


 
Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party by Melanie Watt


 
Clifford's Birthday Party by Norman Bridwell


 
Froggy's Birthday Wish by Jonathan London


 
Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald


 
5 Little Monkeys Bake a Birthday Cake by Eileen Christelow



 
Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown


 
Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel


 
Birthday Monsters by Sandra Boynton




Carl's Birthday by Alexandra Day


 
Birthday Bugs by David A. Carter


 
The Story of America's Birthday by Patricia Pingry



  Do you have a favorite birthday book? I'd love to hear about it! Share it with us in the comments below!!!

I'm thrilled to say I have been blogging here on PreK+K Sharing since the very beginning!  I am a Ga. Pre-K teacher, serving 4 and 5 year olds in an inclusive setting. Stop by and visit me anytime at littleilluminations.blogspot.com where I share my PreK classroom adventures or visit the little illuminations fanpage on facebook! And be sure to check out PreK+K Sharing EEE!

Magical Meet-Up: When Worlds Collide, Magic Happens!

A short time ago, my two worlds (blogging and teaching) collided. There weren't any fireworks, but there WAS singing, dancing, reading children's books and LOTS of laughter! Debbie Clement and I have been scheming for her to visit my class for a couple of years now, and it has finally happened! You may think from reading her posts here on PreK+K Sharing that she is larger than life, and I am here to tell you that she TOTALLY is!!!! 

Debbie came early one morning and delighted my class (and 3 others, as well)!  We sang, 

danced, 

acted silly, 

read her books,

learned a few easy sight words,

learned some sign language,

and had a blast! The kids loved it! 

We are both a little kooky--can you tell which shoes are mine and which ones are hers? 

The children were sad when she had to go and gave her lots of hugs! Shortly after she left (and for days later), I was inundated with the "When is Miss Debbie coming again?" questions. I hope she will come back sometime.

If you'd like to learn more about her books or songs, click this link for our PreK+K Sharing store. 

This was SO special for me! We've met in person several times before, but this was a great moment. Teaching Pre-K is definitely my first love and my passion! I love to share new experiences with my students and watch their joy as they discover new things. Watching them discover the whirlwind that is Debbie Clement was definitely a wonderful experience!

Today may be the last chance to enter our PreK+K Sharing 3rd Birthday Giveaway! Hop on over to enter to win these great goodies!!!

Happy birthday, PreK+K Sharing!!! 

from,

With love and laughter,

 

I'm thrilled to say I have been blogging here on PreK+K Sharing since the very beginning!  I am a Ga. Pre-K teacher, serving 4 and 5 year olds in an inclusive setting. Stop by and visit me anytime at littleilluminations.blogspot.com where I share my PreK classroom adventures or visit the little illuminations fanpage on facebook! And be sure to check out PreK+K Sharing EEE!