Montessori gifts for 2 year old

Christmas Puzzles to Love - 2 to 5 Years

Here are a few of the very stunning and Montessori family friendly Christmas puzzles! It is all about stacking, sorting, sequencing, patterns, and discovering arrangement!
All these puzzles would work wonderfully in a tray or on a young child's work shelves. I really adore the natural timber puzzles. Don't forget about nesting dolls, they make fantastic decorations and kids love to stack, sort and put them away. The age ranges are a guide only.

For Kids 5 Years

Christmas Tree Triangle Puzzle.
Gingerbread Houses Family Puzzle. This puzzle was made to be used by a group of people with different skill levels as it has three different sized bits. I love at Christmas to truly have a puzzle going on the table for everybody to lead to and this puzzle would be perfect! It has 400 bits.
I have purchased Otis two Christmas puzzles by Ravensburger, which is one of my favourite puzzle brands, their age ideas are usually spot on!

For Kids 2 to 3 Years

Wooden Christmas Tree Puzzle. The beauty of this puzzle is in it's simplicity.
Chunky Wooden Christmas Puzzle.
Christmas Blocks. A puzzle that doubles as decoration!
Perfect for the kid's awareness of order. Once the child has mastered the nesting dolls, see if they could put them away with their eyes closed or blindfolded.
I adore these very straightforward two, three and four piece puzzles.

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For Children 3 to 4 Years

Magnetic Dress Up Santa.
Santa's Sleigh Wooden Chunky Puzzle (9 pieces).

Labyrinth and Maze Toys for Children!

I've started looking around for Christmas gifts for my chlildren. I came across this awesome junior labyrinth (for Otis 5yrs) and it got me thinking about other, similar toys. I'm certain these are great for building attention, developing hand-eye coordination, and visual perception. They'd even be interesting to utilize with family or friends.
A number of these would be well suited to a Montessori environment, gross motor area or toddler place!
I really like this quotation from MontessoriReStore. "The labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle as well as the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. It signifies a journey to our own center and back out again into the world . The simplicity engages the right side of the brain allowing intuition, imagination and vision to form a meditative exercise to reconnect you with your center. It is often found to enhance wellness, express emotions and create a awareness of well being for centuries. Utilize a personal maze to focus a kid between tasks or merely when the child wants a moment of reflection."
Wooden Finger Labyrinth - MontessoriReStore on Etsy
Hand-Held Wooden Marble Labyrinths - FromJennier on Etsy
Wooden Turtle Labyrinth Maze - ShalinIndia
Magnetic Maze Racing Game - Lakeshore Learning
Magnet Express - Anatex
Junior Maze - Child.com.au (Australia)
Maze Balancing Board - Child.com.au (Australia)
Maze - BRIO

Gift Ideas for the Montessori Kid - Christmas

When trying to find Christmas gift ideas it is simple to think all the good toys come from abroad. These gift ideas don't comprise Montessori materials but they are suited to the Montessori kid and they are all made by Australian firms. I've tried to include as many small businesses and handcrafted goods as possible while also highlighting some of our favourite Australian merchandises! A number of these shops ship abroad too.
Small backpacks perfect for independent Montessori children by Bagbini (international transport accessible).
Playdough and accessories at Joyful Hands Happy Heart (we love this playdough, the texture and fragrances are unique).
Gentle skin care from Sukin.

Reindeer Costume at StitchandWillow (Etsy) (my five year old would love this!!).
Wholesome Flash Cards (good for all types of learning) at Teepee Learning (international transport accessible). In addition , I adore these Pregnancy and Birth Affirmation Cards.
There are not a lot of Montessori material producers in Australia but Wood Puzzles has a good array of language materials and Australian made wooden trays. I recommend the Magnetic Movable Alphabet as well as the pictured Alphabet Boards.
Kid size, real, Tool Set and Horticulture Set with Gloves at Me2Me2.
The Happy Architect and Alphabet Matching Pairs at The Freckled Frog.
Infant Morris board books at Small Kids Things.
Wooden Crayon Holder at Folkwood (Etsy).
DIY Coloured Beeswax Kit by Luxmi (this is the little kit for making birthday candles, would be wonderful for a younger kid, the larger coloured kit is recorded here).
Star Garland at KirraKai (Etsy), perfect child and environmentally friendly ornamentation.
I hope you enjoyed this small snippet of what Australian shops must give!