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Homeschool Montessori

Montessori activities for ages 6 to 9

By Owen WrenLast updated

The elementary years shift toward abstraction, research and big-picture stories. Primary materials such as the stamp game still bridge to paper work.

Start with Three-Part Cards: Land and Water Forms, 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

13 lessons whose typical age overlaps ages 6 to 9

Lessons for Ages 6 to 9, grouped by area
Lesson and materialsTypical age
Math
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
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

This is the oldest age covered so far. The full list of lessons shows every area in order.