Creating a Montessori home and Montessori activities is often an expensive pursuit. Although there are ways to DIY and pursue Montessori on a budget, I am always looking for creative ways to bring Montessori into my home. So when I came up with this kids’ activity in an easy & inexpensive way, I was excited!
Repurposing and reusing materials for children’s activities makes me so very happy. So, I frequent Goodwill often. I was there a few months ago. I came across a stack of beautiful outdated calendars.
I grabbed a few calendars thinking of the possibilities for home and the classroom. I don’t want to tell you how much each calendar cost me. Ok, I will. $1.25. Success.
Materials
- An old calendar with a small version of each month’s picture on the back
- Laminator
(optional)
- Velcro
- Scissors
Steps
- Pull apart each month/page of the calendar
- Cut out the mini images from the back of the calendar
- Laminate the mini images (& ideally the larger images, too)
- Place velcro on each month’s image
- Place velcro on the back of each mini image
- Spread the larger images around your classroom, your yard, or your home
- Invite the child(ren) to do the activity
- Present the small images & explain that a larger, matching image is hanging around the classroom, yard, or home
- Let them loose
Other Ideas for Repurposing Calendars
- DIY Puzzles
- Frame and display
- Tracing
- Geography Match
- Small to Large Image Match