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Montessori activities for age 5

By Owen WrenLast updated

Five-year-olds consolidate reading with phonetic word work and move from golden beads toward the stamp game and written operations.

Start with Grace and Courtesy Lessons, the work on this list with the youngest starting age.

Illustration: a low Montessori shelf of pale wood in a quiet room, with six practical life and sensorial works each set out on its own tray.
IllustrationA low shelf set for the morning, one work to a tray.

On the shelf at this age

38 lessons whose typical age overlaps age 5

Lessons for Age 5, grouped by area
Lesson and materialsTypical age
Practical Life
Grace and Courtesy Lessons
2 to 6 years
Table ScrubbingTable Scrubbing Set
3 to 5.5 years
Flower ArrangingFlower Arranging Set
3 to 5.5 years
Metal PolishingMetal Polishing Set
3.5 to 6 years
Sensorial
Mystery Bag (Stereognostic Bag)Mystery Bag (Stereognostic Bag)
3 to 5.5 years
Binomial CubeBinomial Cube
3.5 to 6 years
Geometric SolidsGeometric Solids
3.5 to 6 years
Trinomial CubeTrinomial Cube
4 to 6 years
Math
Golden Beads: Introduction to the Decimal SystemGolden Bead Material, Work Rug
Illustration: the Montessori golden beads (golden bead material) on a wooden tray: loose unit beads, ten bars, hundred squares and thousand cubes.
Illustration
4 to 5.5 years
Spindle Boxes: Counting 0 to 9Spindle Boxes
Illustration: the Montessori spindle box, a long wooden box of ten compartments, with a basket of wooden spindles beside it.
Illustration
4 to 5.5 years
Teen Boards (Seguin Board A)Teen Boards, Golden Bead Material
4 to 6 years
Cards and Counters: Odd and EvenCards and Counters
4 to 5.5 years
Stamp Game: Static AdditionStamp Game
Illustration: the Montessori stamp game, small green, blue and red wooden tiles sorted into the compartments of a wooden box.
Illustration
4.5 to 7.5 years
Short Bead Chains (Squaring Chains)Bead Chains (Short Chains and the Hundred Chain)
Illustration: Montessori bead chains in green, blue, red and gold coiled on a wooden tray.
Illustration
4.5 to 6.5 years
Tens Boards (Seguin Board B)Tens Boards, Golden Bead Material
4.5 to 6.5 years
Fraction Insets (Fraction Circles)Fraction Insets (Fraction Circles)
4.5 to 7 years
Hundred BoardHundred Board
5 to 7 years
Addition Strip BoardAddition Strip Board
5 to 7.5 years
Language
Moveable Alphabet: Building First WordsMoveable Alphabet, Pink Series Object Box
Illustration: the Montessori movable alphabet (moveable alphabet), wooden letter tiles sorted into a divided wooden box, consonants in one color and vowels in another.
Illustration
3.5 to 6 years
Metal InsetsMetal Insets
Illustration: the Montessori metal insets, pink frames holding blue insets, standing in a wooden rack.
Illustration
3.5 to 6 years
Pink Series: Object Box ReadingPink Series Object Box
4 to 6 years
Three-Part Cards: Land and Water FormsThree-Part Cards (Land and Water Forms), Land and Water Form Trays
Illustration: Montessori three-part cards for a leaf on a wooden tray: a picture card, a label card and a control card.
Illustration
4 to 6.5 years
Blue Series: Words with Consonant BlendsBlue Series (Blend Words)
4.5 to 7 years
Grammar Symbols: The Noun and the VerbGrammar Symbols
Illustration: Montessori grammar symbols cut from paper on a linen mat: a large black triangle, a red circle and two blue triangles.
Illustration
4.5 to 7 years
Puzzle Words (Sight Words)Puzzle Word Cards
4.5 to 7 years
Green Series: PhonogramsGreen Series (Phonograms), Moveable Alphabet
5 to 7.5 years
Command Cards (Reading of Commands)Command Cards (Action Cards)
5 to 7.5 years
Grammar Boxes and Grammar Box CardsGrammar Boxes
5.5 to 9 years
Cultural
Caring for PlantsPlant Care Set
2.5 to 5.5 years
World Puzzle Map: ContinentsWorld Puzzle Map
3 to 5.5 years
Land and Water FormsLand and Water Form Trays, Small Pouring Pitchers
3 to 5.5 years
Sink and Float
3 to 5.5 years
Living and Nonliving: A First SortLiving and Nonliving Sorting Cards
3.5 to 6 years
Botany Cabinet: Leaf ShapesBotany Cabinet
3.5 to 6 years
Flags of the WorldFlag Stands (Flags of the World)
3.5 to 6 years
Parts of a Plant (Botany Puzzles)Botany Puzzles
3.5 to 6 years
Zoology Puzzles (Parts of an Animal)Zoology Puzzles
3.5 to 6 years
The Sun and the Planets (Solar System)Solar System Puzzle and Cards
4 to 6 years

When most of this shelf feels easy for your child, look one step ahead: ages 6 to 9 lists what usually comes next.