The Wonder Years shares many Montessori-inspired activities that can be made at home. This lacing board is simple to make and is perfect to help your preschooler practice his lacing skills. Click here to learn how to make one AND how to introduce the activity to your child!

Here’s another fun way for the kidlets to practice their buttoning activity. The felt squares slide through the button onto a ribbon to make a snake! Visit The Toby Show to read how to construct this activity yourself! While you’re there, be sure to check out her other “cheap and easy” activities

My toddler hasn’t been interested in her lacing beads lately, and I think this activity might be a great way to add some novelty to her day! The Wonder Years shares how she created this toy for her daughter using items she had around the house. For more of a challenge, you could create separate cards and have your child stack the beads according to a given color sequence (a la this post)

This easy-to-make activity is a matching game and buttoning exercise all rolled into one! Check out The Wonder Years for this and many more Montessori-inspired activities.

I’m always on the look-out for homemade Montessori inspired activities. They’re usually very simple and inexpensive to recreate, and this hammering activity from Chasing Cheerios is no exception. Love it!

Montessori Mama made this beautiful Four Season’s Mat for a 3-year-old’s birthday. Click over to learn a “four seasons” song and birthday tradition to go along with it!

Melting snowman craft from Make it From Scratch

Papier mache puppets from Montessori by Hand

Spring straw accessories from Make and Takes

I instantly fell in love with this felt version of a matryoshka doll found at Skip the Chips. These are great for sorting by size and really…don’t all kids love putting things into pockets? Make your own using the free pattern at Maize Hutton.

My House Boutique recently put together this challenging game for preschoolers using tweezers and other household items. This is such a great activity to help little ones develop their fine motor skills and concentration levels. She’s also got some great ideas for variations of this game, so be sure to check it out!

These Montessori-inspired dressing frames are crazy expensive to buy outright (example). Julie at Havin’ Fun Yet shows us how she made her own using thrifted frames and a few tools.