If you have a pond in your backyard or nearby, summer is a great time for a pond unit. And there are lots of wonderful ideas online for a Montessori-inspired pond unit. Most of the activities are appropriate for preschoolers through early elementary. Just choose activities that fit your child’s level and interests.
Montessori-Inspired Activities for a Pond Unit
Homeschool Creations has a free Pond Life Preschool Pack with printables that can be made into Montessori 3-part cards and hands-on activities for Montessori-inspired trays.
Pond Nomenclature Cards with Wooden Letters (Photo from Counting Coconuts)
Counting Coconuts has a pond mini unit with lots of Montessori-inspired pond activities.
ABC Teach has free fish-, salamander-, and turtle nomenclature cards.
Pond Sensory Bin (Photo from 1+1+1=1)
1+1+1=1 has a pond unit with a pond sensory bin and pond theme printables (including Montessori nomenclature and match-up cards).
Free Frog Nomenclature Book from Montessori Print Shop
Montessori Print Shop has free frog materials and a number of attractive but inexpensive materials related to frogs, fish, turtles, and snails.
Fish Game from PreKinders
PreKinders has a number of pond printables, songs, and activities that can be made into Montessori-inspired trays.
My Little Princess World has a pond unit with lots of Montessori-inspired activities. (This is an update in April 2012.)
Frog-Themed Sensory Bin (Photo from Jada Roo Can Do)
Jada Roo Can Do has a frog-themed sensory bin. Update: Jada Roo Can Do added a 5 Little Ducks Sensory Bin.
Montessori Mom has links for frog activities.
Using Chopsticks to Transfer Frogs to the Log (Photo by Julie at the Adventures of Bear)
The Adventures of Bear has a frog unit with lots of activities.
My Montessori Journey has frog life cycle work.
The Preschool Experiment has a Montessori-inspired frog unit. (This is an update with an 8/14/11 post.)
Montessori Mama has a Montessori-inspired tray for the song “5 Green and Speckled Frogs.”
UPDATE: I have a roundup post of frog activities: Montessori-Inspired Frog Activities for Leap Year or Anytime.
I have a post with Montessori-Inspired Turtle Activities.
More Ideas for a Pond Unit Study on Pinterest
On Pinterest, I have more resources for a pond unit study for many age levels. The resources aren’t all Montessori resources, but there are many wonderful ideas to choose from to fit into a pond unit.
I’d love to hear about your pond activities! 🙂
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Thank you for featuring my post, Deb! You’ve also included many other wonderful links making this post a fantastic pond resource! Thanks for all you do!
Thanks so much for your kind words, Mari-Ann! I love featuring the awesome ideas you share on your blog … thanks for all YOU do! 🙂
Thanks for letting me know about featuring my post. I appreciate all the work you put into your posts!
Andrea
Thanks so much, Andrea! I love featuring your great ideas! 🙂
Thank you Deb! This is a great source of information…Love every single of this links.
You do such a great job..
Patty
Thanks, Patty! You’re so sweet! I love all the links, too … it’s amazing to have so many wonderful resources available online! 🙂
These are cool! Thank you for rounding them up!
Thanks, Susana … I had a great time finding them! Have a wonderful week! 🙂
Is Montessori really a philosophy?
That’s a good question, Anila! I love that Montessori is both a philosophy and a method of education with great ways to achieve the philosophy’s goals.
These are wonderful links. I showed how to make a frugal parts of the frog puzzle herehttp://theadventuresofbear.blogspot.com/2011/01/frog-unit.html
and there are also other frog activities.
Thanks, Julie – I’m so glad you shared your link! Those are awesome activities … and transferring frogs with chopsticks is too cute! I just added your link and photo to the post! 🙂
Thanks for a great post with all these links to other cool resources.
Thanks for your kind comment, Trecia! Have a great week! 🙂
These ideas are GREAT! Thanks for putting it all together.
Thanks, Lyn! I hope you find some ideas you can use! 🙂
Lots of great ideas here! My kids have been visiting the grandparents, who have 2 ponds in their garden. Perhaps when we get home we will use some of these ideas to recreate our own ‘pond’ on our balcony!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for your kind comment! How great that your kids have grandparents with 2 ponds in their garden! Have fun! 🙂
We’ve been playing with the pond activities for almost whole June and that was a great fun 🙂
Some of things we went through can be found here:
http://ponadsiebie.blogspot.com/2011/06/stawy-i-jeziora-nasz-temat-przewodni.html
http://ponadsiebie.blogspot.com/2011/06/jezioro-poprzez-zmysy.html
http://ponadsiebie.blogspot.com/2011/06/zabia-fizyka.html
http://ponadsiebie.blogspot.com/2011/06/sensoryczne-ryby.html
http://ponadsiebie.blogspot.com/2011/06/ofiara-reklam-nic-z-tego.html
http://ponadsiebie.blogspot.com/2011/06/wyciac-komus-zabe.html
http://ponadsiebie.blogspot.com/2011/06/wiec-choc-pomaluj-moj-swiat.html
http://ponadsiebie.blogspot.com/2011/06/matematyczne-zaby.html
You can always use the Google Translator in the left sidebar of the blog to translate from Polish 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing your links! Your pond sensory bin is wonderful! I just pinned it to my Pinterest board, and I’m going to add my Pinterest board link to this post now! 🙂