How I would have loved these resources during my years teaching in Montessori schools or in my own homeschool! I still find it amazing that there are so many free Montessori materials available online today. What great resources for parents and teachers alike!
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Note; I went through every link here before updating and republishing this post. If you have materials I should add or see something that should be changed, just let me know!
The little experience I had with using free online downloads for teaching was wonderful. I had WAY too much fun during my 2006-07 master’s program in early childhood studies. Because I had completed my B.A. so many years ago (and before the Internet), it was almost magical for me to do much of my research online and find free Montessori materials online to use in my school placement at a day nursery.
With free online downloads, it’s easy to create professional-looking Montessori materials. For school or home use, all that’s needed to prepare most of the materials is paper or cardstock, printer and printer ink, paper cutter or scissors, and lamination (which is preferred but not essential for home use). Montessori Print Shop has some great instructions for preparing Montessori materials.
Following is a listing of sites with free Montessori downloads.
Note: Almost all of these sites also has Montessori printables available for sale as well. I’m just sharing the free printables here, but if you look around on the sites, you’ll find the printables available for sale, too.
The Pioneers of Free Montessori Printables with Large Collections:
Number Rods Control Chart and Number Cards from Montessori Print Shop
Montessori Print Shop was one of my main sources for free Montessori materials during my school placement. Along with many materials for sale, it has a very nice selection of free Montessori materials.
Montessori for Everyone was another great source of free Montessori downloads for me. The site also has an extensive selection of downloads for sale, both at the preschool and elementary levels.
Montessori Materials was started to help homeschool moms and has a wide selection of free downloads (the downloads with purple links).
Wikisori encourages collaboration among Montessorians and has many free information and downloads.
Montessori Mom has another extensive collection, and everything offered through the site is free.
Free Montessori Printables from around the Blogosphere (organized alphabetically by my computer):
Free Backyard Birds 3-Part Cards from 1+1+1=1
1+1+1=1 has a section of free Montessori printables along with lots of other free printables.
At Bits of Positivity, I have lots of free Montessori word art/quote printables (instant downloads).
Carrots Are Orange has a free Montessori printable each month for subscribers plus free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Chestnut Grove Academy has many free printables, both instant downloads and subscriber freebies.
Confessions of a Montessori Mom Blog has a free Montessori homeschool PDF.
Free Life Cycle of a Star Printable from Counting Coconuts
Counting Coconuts has many free printables (instant downloads).
Cultivating Dharma has free downloads of timelines and other cultural activities.
E & O Montessori has free sample pink and blue picture word cards and labels.
Dinosaur Unit with Free Printables from Every Star Is Different
Every Star Is Different has many subscriber freebies (Go to Free Printables tab at the top of the Every Star Is Different blog to see the related blog posts.)
Foresight Montessori (includes the former Helpful Garden) has many subscriber freebies.
Förskoleburken has a free extension of the knobless cylinders.
Free Montessori Resources has many free resources (instant downloads) for both primary and elementary.
Green Tree Montessori Materials has a number of free Montessori printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Homeschool Escapade has free geometry, math, and English Montessori instant downloads.
Homeschooling My Kinetic Kids has many free Montessori 3-part cards to go with Safari Ltd. TOOBS (along with other printables).
Honey’s Life has free 3-part cards on India, symbols of America, and parts of a bird (instant downloads).
Free Beautiful Places on Earth Cards from I Believe in Montessori at Teachers Pay Teachers
I Believe in Montessori has free printables available through Teachers Pay Teachers.
Free Montessori Continent Cards from Imagine Our Life
Imagine Our Life has many free Montessori printables.
Just Montessori has some free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Free Rocks and Minerals Classified Cards from Little Schoolhouse in the Suburbs
Little Schoolhouse in the Suburbs has free Montessori checklists, natural science cards, Great lessons, human anatomy, and magnetic puzzles (all instant downloads).
Magical Movement Company has a freebie collection (subscriber freebies) of Montessori music and arts downloads. Magical Movement Company also has free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Free Shell Matching and Classification Printables from Making Montessori Ours
Making Montessori Ours has many free printables (instant downloads and subscriber freeebies).
Mama’s Happy Hive has many subscriber freebies along with free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Midwest Montessori has a few free printables (instant downloads).
MindSprout has a page of free printables (instant downloads).
Montessori Album has a page of free printables (instant downloads).
Montessori Assistant has some free printables (instant downloads).
Montessori for Learning has a whole page of free Montessori printables.
Leaf Insect from Types of Insects Cards at Montessori Helper
Montessori Helper has free materials available by registering.
MontessoriKiwi has free printables in the MontessoriKiwi shop and at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Montessori Nature has many subscriber freebies and a freebie at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Pictures and Letters for the a-e Sound from MontessoriSoul
Montessori Soul has many free Montessori printables (instant downloads).
Montessori Up! has a page with many free Montessori printables (instant downloads).
Montessori Workjobs has free work plans with pictures for non-readers and free nomenclature cards (all instant downloads).
Mummy’s Homeschool has a page of free Montessori printables (instant downloads).
Natural Beach Living has a variety of free printables, both instant downloads and subscriber freebies as well as free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Our Worldwide Classroom has a number of free Montessori printables (instant downloads).
Research Parent has lots of free printables (instant downloads).
Savy Activities has free printables (subscriber freebies).
Sugar, Spice and Glitter has free CVC worksheets (instant downloads).
Teachers Pay Teachers has many free Montessori printables. You have to register to download the printables.
Temple of Ganesha Montessori has an upper elementary unit on leaves available in a free download.
The Helpful Garden has joined with Foresight Montessori, which doesn’t have instant downloads but has many subscriber freebies.
US Landmarks and Symbols (Photo from The Homeschool Den)
The Homeschool Den has pages of free printables (instant downloads). Many of them are Montessori printables.
A number of my monthly themes include a free culture card (instant download) from The Montessori Company.
The Montessori Notebook has a variety of free instant downloads.
The Natural Homeschool has a page of free printables (subscriber freebies), including many Montessori printables, along with free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Shark Matching and Fact Cards from The Pinay Homeschooler
The Pinay Homeschooler has a page of free Montessori printables plus free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Training Happy Hearts has a number of free Montessori-inspired printables.
Parts of a Kangaroo Nomenclature Cards with Definitions from Trillium Montessori at Teachers Pay Teachers
Trillium Montessori has many subscriber freebies as well as free printables on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Volcano Mama has instant downloads and subscriber freebies.
Free Montessori Printables Found in More Than One Language:
Eltern vom Mars has a page with a variety of free Montessori resources (instant downloads) in German.l
Escuelita Montessori has a number of free Spanish Montessori downloads at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Leptir has a page of free downloads. Many of the materials are in Croatian, but the lines for cutting paper and some of the other activities work for any language.
Montessori en Casa has some free printables in English and Spanish.
Montessori en El Hogar has free printables in Spanish.
Montessori EtCie has free Montessori printables in French and English.
Montessori Materials (a Swedish blog) has Montessori printables in Swedish, some in English, and some without words. (I think you have to email for the printables.)
Welcome to Mommyhood has Montessori themes and other free printables in English and Russian (subscriber freebies) plus free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Wise Owl Factory has Montessori printables that are instant downloads as well as ones that are subscriber freebies. Some are available in more than one language. Wise Owl Factory also has a variety of free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers.
Z lesa has some Montessori materials in English and Czech. Some of the printables can be used without words.
Free Montessori Albums and Lesson Plans:
Cultivating Dharma has Montessori elementary albums.
Maitri Learning has some free Montessori lesson plans.
Miss Barbara has lesson ideas and links for the Great Lessons.
Montessori Album has a growing collection of Montessori lessons.
Montessori Helper has some free Montessori lessons.
Wikisori also has Montessori albums.
Free Montessori Elementary Materials
Although you’ll find any free Montessori elementary materials through this post, I have a post with specifically free Montessori elementary materials online.
More Free Printables That Can Be Used to Prepare Montessori-Style Activity Trays
I tried to put the sites I knew have free printables on the Free Montessori Materials Online list or the Free Preschool Printables for Activity Trays list. Many of the printables on my Free Preschool Printables list are great for preparing Montessori activities even if they weren’t designed specifically as Montessori printables.
Free Printables at Living Montessori Now:
Karen Tyler, who is retired from her KHT Montessori online course gave me her wonderful AMS-style, 177-page Montessori geography album to give free to anyone who signs up for my mailing list (see sidebar). Thanks, Karen!
I have lots of posts with free Montessori printables that are instant downloads, such as my free themed cutting strips and free themed do-a-dot printables.
I have a subscriber freebie library with an exclusive Montessori-inspired free printable pack for my email subscribers each month. Learn more here: Sign up for the Living Montessori Now newsletter and get monthly subscriber freebies.
I’m also updating this post as I find new free Montessori materials online!
Do you have a favorite free online Montessori download or source for free downloads? If you have free Montessori printables that I missed, please let me know!
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Thanks a lot Deb, so beautiful resources!!
Thanks, Leptir! You always have wonderful activities on your blog, and I just added a link to your page of free downloads as well!
Thanks Deb 🙂
You’re welcome! Thanks for adding to the great materials available online!
Thank you very much Deb!
You’re welcome, Sandy! Thanks for your comment! I hope you find some great materials to use for your Montessori homeschool.
What a great list, lots of sites I hadn’t found yet! Thanks!!!
You’re welcome, Maria! And thanks SO much for featuring my post on your blog!
Thank you for putting together this great list of resources! Now, to go look through them! 🙂
Thanks, Kami! I had so much fun doing research for this list! And I just seem to keep finding more and more…
Thank you so much for including my blog. That is so kind of you. I greatly appreciate it.
And thank you for making such nice downloads available for everyone!
These are some amazing resources! Thank you for sharing! I have a preschooler and would love to implement some of these great ideas!
So glad you stopped by 29lincolnavenue and added your link! I have seen you at the HS Village too!
My girls are 10, 7, 4, and 10 months. So knowing you have gone ahead of me is a great encouragement!
Thanks so much for your kind words,Stacey! I hope you find lots of materials that work well for your girls. Many of the materials would be appropriate for your 7-year-old as well as your preschooler.
Your About Page link-up is a great idea. I love getting to know more about some of my favorite bloggers!
Love this post too! I can’t wait to start downloading!!! Saving this link in my favorites preschool folder too-
Thanks, Michelle! I’m SO happy my series is helping you!
Oooh… I’m bookmarking this, for sure! Thank you, Deb!
You’re welcome, Michelle! Isn’t it AWESOME how many great resources are available to download?! It’s still all rather magical to me!!
Thanks for sharing these resources!! Stopping y from Mingle Monday!
You’re welcome, Joy! Since many of the materials can be used for more levels than preschool, I hope you find lots that work well for your homeschool!
Thank you for spreading the word about our Free Montessori Materials at Montessori Print Shop! We’re so pleased to be in such a helpful and encouraging community of teachers and parents. Your blog is terrific and I know it will inspire and encourage so many people. Keep up the great posts!
Thanks so much for your kind words! You have so many great resources, and I love being able to send parents your way!
Hi Deb, I have free downloads, all the downloads I have are on this page, some are to buy, some are free.
http://jojoebi.blogspot.com/2010/01/downloads.html
I also run The Montessori Goldmine, there are lots of links for free printables and other resources on there..
http://themontessorigoldmine.blogspot.com/
Thanks so much for the links! I love your sites and didn’t realize just how many free downloads you have on them! I’ll add the links to my post!
Hi Deb! I found you from a link through montessori makers yahoo groupI also have some 3 part cards for free at http://www.mondorfment.blogspot.com . My friend Leann at http://www.montessoritidbits.blogspot.com has a lot of downloads that are amazing and unique and!!!! FREE! 🙂 I love her downloads.
Honey
Thanks so much, Honey! I just added Mondorfment and Montessori Tidbits to my list. I really appreciate your letting me know about the great free downloads!
Thank you Deb for including me on your list! I am new on the Montessori Homeschooling scene. With a 7, almost 6 and 2 yo it has been a lot to juggle. But with the community I’ve found and blogs like yours filled with resources, I feel my feet touching ground and my confidence growing. Thank you for all you do to help newbies like me. And I have to say, with all the work I know so many put into creating printables and materials, it is nice share them and to know someone else might beefit too.
This is AMAZING! So incredibly helpful Deb.
Thanks a million.
I just found your comment, Kristin – thanks so much! I’m glad you found the resources helpful! 🙂
Thanks for sharing. It is very useful. you don’t mind, I will share your site with my friends.
Regards,
Winnie
Thanks for your kind comment, Winnie! I would love for you to share my site with your friends! 🙂
This is a fabulous list! I can’t wait to see everything that is out there. Thanks for taking the time to put it together and for including my site in your list.
Thanks, Lori! I was excited to see you had free Montessori printables at Montessori MOMents, and including your blog is my pleasure! 🙂
Thank you for this list. I found some new sites that I did’t knew about before.
I also have free materials on my blog, maybe you founde something that you like there.
http://www.montessorimaterial.blogg.se
Love
Amina,
Thanks so much, Amina! I’m adding your blog to my list!
Hi, Deb! Thanks for including us in this awesome post.
I want to mention Cultivating Dharma, a blog by Montessori elementary teacher Jonathan Freagle. He has free downloads including 9-12 albums – the only free printable 9-12 albums online as far as I know. I am using them with my 11-year-old son and they are a great resource.
I just found this, Lori! Thanks so much for your kind comment. And thanks for mentioning the Cultivating Dharma albums. I had Cultivating Dharma listed in the printables section, but I’ve added the link to the albums in the albums section now, too! 🙂
Hi there and thank you for this site. Please can you recommend free montessori downloads and sites for ages 11 – 13 that would specialize in English grammar and literature as well as history and geography
Tanks so much
Fiona
Hi, Fiona! I have a post with Free Montessori Elementary Materials Online at https://livingmontessorinow.com/2012/04/19/free-montessori-elementary-materials-online/. You’ll also find a link in it to blogs of Montessori elementary homeschoolers. I hope you find what you need there.
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome list and including me, too! I need to do some reading tonight 😉
My pleasure, Yuliya! I really appreciate all the wonderful printables you generously share. 🙂 Deb
Deb, I am so grateful for adding my page to your wonderful collection, its such an honour! Thank you!
It’s definitely my pleasure, Anastasia! You offer so many great free printables. Thank YOU! 🙂 Deb