DIY Montessori Activities | 12-18 Months | Montessori on a Budget

In this video, I share Montessori-inspired DIYs for 12-18-month-olds. These activities are easy and budget-friendly with materials you likely already have at home!

Montessori doesn't have to be expensive and it also doesn't have to be complicated! This video focuses on shelf work DIY ideas. I also have many videos on practical life which in my opinion is truly the best budget option for Montessori!

Welcome to Home and on the Way. I am 0-3 Montessori certified. We have been practicing Montessori from birth with my now 18-month-old. We live in a small New York City apartment. On Home and on the Way you will find information about Montessori at home, Montessori play ideas by age, and inspiration for cooking with your toddler! Subscribe to see more!

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[jennaleigh]

Ahhh thank you so much I did Montessori with my first and with my second I forgotten all the things I did four years ago 😅. Unfortunately it definitely shows. Thank goodness their brains are so elastic

[stanceworks]

Love that wooden threading string, never seen it before

[alexisoreilly]

Thank you this is perfect for my toddler classroom, it’s so hard to find activities to catch their attention but this definitely will!!

[broccolipropaganda]

Thank you for these! Will try some of them tomorrow.

I tried Q-tips and a spice jar when he was 15 months old a few times and he just wasn’t interested at all.

I will try again later.

[lbarnes]

Thank you for sharing and what a little cutie❤

[Talks_much]

You had some great ideas. We don't have much money to spend on toys so I've been trying to find more diy activities because my son is bored of his toys lol. We just had over an hour of fun playing with cheerio sand (ground cheerios in a blender) he learned how to transfer the sand from a big pan to a muffin tin and back. Big mess but nothing a broom can't handle. And yes he ate some so I'm glad I didn't get real sand lol

[patriciaalvesdearaujo]

Great video! Thank you for sharing, I always learn with you🥰

[samanthab]

My 15 month old does not sit down long enough for much of this. An example of this is the wooden rings on the post. He likes to throw/disperse the rings all over, hunt them down and find them and return them to the post. If you try to help by collecting/organizing the rings it is no longer fun. How did you encourage your child to do activities as designed? My son does use the love every toys as intended a handful of times then loses interest and at best repurposes them for different unintended uses.

[UP-zzhc]

really helpful thanks for sharing ideas

[shainafrimerman]

Such great ideas in this video. Thank you for creating it! Wondering- how do you encourage independent repetition with the qtips spice jar activity? My 15 month old is loving it but does not know how to take the q tips out of the jar once he finished inserting them all. Any tips?

[mrs.allergetic]

Thank you. This is exactly the ideas of diy that I needed!