Science in Primary Montessori
Maria Montessori called her sensorial materials “keys to the world” – with these keys, the child can classify his world. He should have real-life experiences, with key presentations presentations to help him order, classify, identify and organize the world around him.
At primary, we focus more on zoology and botany (life science) and on physical geography (continents, countries, own state). This lays the foundation for the elementary level work, but is significant in itself. These are truly the keys for a primary age child.
Listed below are the Tables of Contents from the AMI primary albums with the presentations that are explicitly scientific in nature. Truly, science permeates all areas to some degree, so even those items I have chosen not list may still include review of scientific concepts.
Exercises of Practical Life
Table of Contents
Care of the Environment
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How to Dust Leaves
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How to Care for Plants
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How to Arrange Flowers
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How to Make Lemon Water
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How to
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How to Peel & Cut Fruits and Vegetables
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How to Bake (CHEMISTRY)
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Grace and Courtesy
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Grace and Courtesy regarding the Outdoors; animals, plants
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Visual Art – Use art skills to illustrate science experiences
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Rubbings (Exploration of Texture)
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Contour Drawing with Crayon (Exploration of Line)
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Practical life: GET the children OUTSIDE.
Language
Table of Contents
Spoken: Vocabulary Enrichment
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Orientation Game
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Naming Objects in the Environment
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Collecting Classified Objects
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Practical Life Objects
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Parts of an Object
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Language of the Sensorial Materials
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Three Period Lesson
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Classified Cards - Social
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Related Objects Game - Presentations A & B
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Description/Definition Game
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Stories – Biological Classifications
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The Story of Living and Non-Living Matter
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The Story of Plants and Animals
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The Story of the Five Classes of Vertebrates
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Sorting Game – Biology Classifications
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Nomenclature Cards – Scientific
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Life Cycles
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Oral Language Games
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Spoken: Language Development – unlisted components contain science concepts
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Cultural Folders
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Extension: fictional story telling
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Land and Water Form Folders
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Land and Water Form Outline Maps
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Biome Folders
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My State
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Writing – unlisted components can still use science concepts
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Map Making (GEOGRAPHY)
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Writing - Art of Handwriting
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Book Making – creting books of own accord
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Reading Classification – all stages bring in scientific concepts
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Presentation I – Classifying the Environment
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Presentation II – Cards with Labels
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A. Social
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B. Scientific
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C1. Biology Classifications: Living and Non-Living
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C2: Biology Classifications: Plant and Animal
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C3: Biology Classifications: Five Classes of Vertebrates
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Extension: Mix and sort - work up to 5 sets
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Presentation III – Definition Stages
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Reading: Function of Words – phrases used contain scientific concepts, particularly zoology
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Word Study – unlisted aspects bring in life science concepts for review
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Animal Collectives
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Animals and Their Young
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Animal Sounds
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Animal Homes
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Animal Families
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Reading Analysis – could use sentences related to to scientific concepts.
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Language Extension
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Who Am I?
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Introduction to Biology
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Introducing Animals
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Plant Study and Experiments
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Sensorial
Table of Contents
The ENTIRE sensorial album sets a child up to properly classify his world around him; giving him the world’s characteristics in concretized abstraction. See the introduction to the sensorial album for more details.
Prologue
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Education as an Aid to Life
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Introduction to Sensorial
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Three Period Lesson
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Visual
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Dimension
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Cylinder Blocks
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Dimension
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Pink Tower
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Dimension
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Brown Stair
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Dimension
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Red Rods
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Color
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Color Tablets Box I
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Color
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Color Tablets Box II
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Color
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Color Tablets Box III
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Shape
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Geometry Cabinet
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Shape
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Geometry Cards
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Shape
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Leaf Cabinet
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Shape
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Leaf Cards
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Constructive Triangles
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Combined
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Rectangular Box A
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Combined
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Rectangular Box B
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Combined
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Triangular Box
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Combined
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Large Hexagonal Box
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Combined
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Small Hexagonal Box
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Combined
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12 Blue Triangles
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Combined
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Binomial Cube
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Combined
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Trinomial Cube
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Combined
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Graded Geometric Figures
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Combined
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Decanomial Square
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Dimension
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Knobless Cylinders
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Tactile
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Sensitizing Fingers
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Touch Boards
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Touch Tablets
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Blindfold
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Fabrics
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Baric
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Baric Tablets
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Thermic
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Thermic Bottles
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Thermic Tablets
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Gustatory
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Tasting Bottles
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Olfactory
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Smelling Bottles
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Auditory
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Sound Cylinders
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Bells
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Stereognostic
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Geometry Solids
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Stereognostic Bags
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Mystery Bag
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Sensorial Aspects of the World
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Introduction to the Sensorial Aspects of the World
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Sandpaper Globe
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Continents Globe
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World Puzzle Map
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Continent Puzzle Map
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Own Country Puzzle Map
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Land and Water Forms
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Oceans Globe
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Flags
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Climatic Zones
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Appendices
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Scope and Sequence
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Materials List
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Language of the Sensorial Materials
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