Spring was my favorite season growing up on a farm. And spring is a great time for a farm unit with a mixture of indoor- and outdoor activities. I love farm units in the summer, too. Of course, a farm unit is fun at any time of the year.
A Montessori-inspired farm theme fits well with Montessori education’s emphasis on real-life work. There are even Montessori schools that were created with the theme of providing real-life farm experiences. And many Montessori schools provide a few farm experiences in the middle of a city. When I taught at Tempe Montessori School in the late 1970s, the school had a sheep in part of the school’s large backyard.
Here are some wonderful activities for a Montessori-inspired farm unit I found online that work well at home or school.
Montessori Farm Printables
- Farmyard Families and Farm Animal Matching Cards (free printable cards) from The Helpful Garden
- Where Things Come From from The Helpful Garden
- Farm Animal Nomenclature (free printable cards) from Montessori for Everyone
- Farm Printables and Where Does It Come From? Cards (available for purchase) from Montessori Print Shop
- Farm Animals 3-Part Cards (free cards) from Natural Beach Living
- Farm Printables (free cards) from Counting Coconuts
- Farm Printables (purple links are free) from Montessori Materials
- Farm Animal Activity Pages (subscriber freebies) from Welcome to Mommyhood
- Montessori Farm Life Cards (subscriber freebie and 3-part cards available for purchase) from Mama’s Happy Hive
- Farm Poem, Farm Songs, and Adult/Child Farm Animals Nomenclature Cards from Counting Coconuts
- Nocturnal Farm Animals Game from 123 Homeschool 4 Me
- Farm Fun Printables from 1+1+1=1
- On the Farm Easy Reader from 1+1+1=1
- Farm Life Nomenclature and 3-Part Cards and Farm Match-Up & Memory from 1+1+1=1
- P is for Pig from 1+1+1=1
- Farm Work Drawer Labels from 1+1+1=1
Montessori-Inspired Lamb Pack (Subscriber Freebie)
Montessori-Inspired Duckling Pack (Subscriber Freebie)
Montessori-Inspired Farm Activities
Montessori-Inspired Farm Animal Matching/Vocabulary for Babies and Toddlers (my post)
Farm, Zoo, and Ocean Animal Sensory Bottles for Babies and Toddlers (my post)
Farm Animal Families Story Stones Treasure Basket
Farm Animal Families Story Stones Treasure Basket (my post)
- Photos in Collage Left to Right, Top to Bottom
- Matching Schleich Farm Animals to Pictures from How We Montessori
- Animal Family Matching, Montessori Language at Home from Making Montessori Ours
- Farm Posts from Chestnut Grove Academy (Pouring “Milk” from Milk Jugs Photo from Workbox Wednesday)
- Tot Time – Fun on the Farm (Farm-Themed Open and Close) from Homeschool Mo
- Farm Printables and Activities from 1+1+1=1 (Toddler Farm Matching Photo from Tot School ~ Letter Gg)
- Farm Animal Washing Station from Coffee Cups and Crayons
Preschool Activities for a Farm Theme from Trillium Montessori
Farm Activities for Kids: A Farm-Fresh Feast from The Inspired Treehouse
Preschool Farm Activities from Little Bins for Little Hands
C is for Cow Farm Unit (with free printable) at 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Farm Theme from Discovery Moments
Farm Unit from Five Hazelnuts
Counting with Grain Bins from hands on : as we grow
Farm Activities from Ms. Stephanie’s Preschool
Farm Posts from The Kavanaugh Report
Farm Posts from The Preschool Experiment
Farm Trays from SmartEpartE
Farm Syllabus from Joyfully Weary
- Photos in Collage Left to Right, Top to Bottom
- Montessori Farm Activities {Free Printables} from Natural Beach Living
- Farm Montessori Trays from Gift of Curiosity
- Farm Posts from Sorting Sprinkles (Photo of How Many Spots?)
- Farm Posts from Counting Coconuts (Photo of Farmyard Poetry Basket)
- Farm Posts and P is for Pig (free printables – photo) from Our Country Road
- Montessori-Inspired Farm Activities for Preschoolers from The Pinay Homeschooler
Free Farm Printables and Montessori-Inspired Farm Activities Using Replicas and Printables (my post)
40+Farm Sensory Tubs (Sensory Bins) – my roundup post
Corn Unit Study (my roundup post)
Montessori-Inspired Horse Unit (my roundup post)
Free Lamb Printables and Montessori-Inspired Lamb Activities (my post)
Free Duckling Printables and Montessori-Inspired Duckling Activities (my post)
Inexpensive, Simple-to-Prepare Montessori Grammar Farm (my post)
Montessori Grammar Farm (my roundup post)
Erdkinder – The Montessori Answer to Adolescence from Montessori for Everyone
Farm Unit Study Pinterest Board
I have a Farm Unit Study Pinterest board with activities of all types.
Have you done many farm activities at your home or school?
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Wow!! So many nice activities you linked to. I especially like the grain matching activity. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Discovering Montessori! I had so much fun finding all the activities. The grain matching is awesome, isn’t it?!
what a great collection at a perfect time as we have been really getting into farm-time fun! i especially like the grain matching also and cannot wait to give it a try! thanks for posting!
Thanks, Kim! I’m glad the timing is right! 🙂
What a great collection of activities, as always! One of these days I am going to get my act together and do the grain matching activity. Thanks for the mention!
Thanks, Maureen! And my pleasure … I love your farm activities! 🙂
Thanks Deb, for putting together a fabulous collection and including my post too!
Thanks so much Carisa! My pleasure … I really appreciate all the wonderful activities and printables you share! 🙂
Great set of links! I’m loving the grain matching-what a neat idea! Thanks so much for adding my printables to your list!
Thanks so much! And it was my pleasure to share your farm posts and printables … great ideas! 🙂
How lovely! My daughter’s Montessori nursery school has chicken and ducks that they learn how to care for. It is such a great way to teach life skills and these ideas help bring the farm animals into the house – without the mess of bringing the real thing in!!!
Thanks for your comment! How wonderful that your daughter’s school has chickens and ducks … and so much easier than having them at home! 😉
Wonderful post! I especially love the grain matching – so fun! I can’t wait to do a farm theme with Super Tot!
Thanks for your kind comment! I bet Super Tot would love a farm theme! 🙂
Deb,
What a wonderful collection of Farm Montessori activities, I will be adding some in when we get to our farm unit. Thanks for hosting, and for all the work you put into your resources. Have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks so much for your kind comment! I’ll look forward to seeing your farm unit posts! 🙂
What a great collection of activities…my girls are a little young still for some but i have really enjoyed reading and am so inspired! Thankyou for sharing!
Thanks so much for your kind comment, Jode! One of the great qualities of Montessori-inspired activities and philosophy is that you can pick and choose what will be right for your kids at the time. 🙂
What a great collection of farm inspired activities – We’re having a farm themed week this week including a trip out and lots of crafts and play as well
Thanks so much, Cerys! That sounds like a wonderful unit! 🙂
That looks like it would be so much fun!!
Thanks, RockerMom! I definitely love all the fun possibilities in a farm unit! 🙂
I love these ideas-thanks for sharing them….I can just imagine the excitement in the classroom when these activities come out!! Love the horse scrubbing!! Inspiring!!!
Thanks so much, Liz! The horse scrubbing is awesome, isn’t it?! 🙂
Thanks for including us! Part 2 coming soon…internet died for a whole week. Just in time for screen-free week!
Thanks Sara … and my pleasure! I LOVE your farm unit. I checked my link to your farm posts. I’m glad your awesome Part 2 was tagged “farm,” so it shows up in my link! 🙂
Deb, you’re a rock star! Very well put together unit!
Thanks so much for your sweet comment, Deborah! This was definitely a fun unit for a former farm girl to put together! 🙂
I love the pig plates! I have a set of 6 plates with the matching cups! My mother-in-law bought them years ago when my husband was a child. I just started homeschooling my son again 2 weeks ago and I was looking at the plates in the hutch and debating on whether I should use them or not. I would never hear the end of it if she saw a set in the classroom I have set up. It’s great to see someone else with the pig plates! They are so unique. Sorry for the rambling on, I was just very surprised to see them. Thanks!