Nature table
What is a nature table?
The directress sets up a nature table in an area of the classroom. The purpose of the nature table is for children to observe and explore anything that has been brought from nature into the classroom. There are many aims for the nature table.
Encourage children to bring in items of special interest from nature. For example, interesting stones, bird nests, old egg shells, leaves, anything that takes the child’s interest. Displaying their objects on the nature table will make them feel proud.
One very important aim is to encourage children to have a love and respect for nature, another one is to develop their observational skills and their vocabulary, as well as to encourage children to develop an interest in nature.
Looking for more Montessori activities
Here is a list of all the Montessori Cultural activities. These include: Nature table, Nature walk, Blindfold trail, Silence game, Living and non-living things, Importance of the sun, Sandpaper globe, Continent globe, Plant classified cards, The tree, The leaf, The flower, and the seed.
Botany
Plant classification cards
Loosely grouped plant classification cards: three-period lesson
Loosely grouped plant classification cards: for the reading child