The CD: Green Is Our Garden: Songs Of Nature is a Educational Materials Montessori material designed for children aged 3-6, crafted by Nienhuis Montessori to AMI standards.
This delightful CD features original nature songs composed by Sanford Jones and performed by elementary students from Countryside Montessori School. The collection celebrates the natural world through child-centered music that connects young learners to gardens, seasons, and environmental awareness. Perfect for circle time, movement activities, or peaceful transitions, these songs support the Montessori emphasis on connecting children with nature through artistic expression.
“The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.”— Maria MontessoriEducation and Peace
“The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence.”
— Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind
Green Is Our Garden brings the outdoor environment into the classroom through carefully composed songs that children naturally want to sing. In Montessori education, music serves as a bridge between the child's inner life and external experiences, and this CD specifically connects young learners to nature's rhythms through melodies they can master independently. The songs performed by elementary students create an authentic peer-to-peer learning model, where children hear voices similar to their own celebrating gardens and seasons. Each track on Green Is Our Garden provides vocabulary and concepts about the natural world in a format that engages multiple senses simultaneously - hearing the melody, feeling the rhythm, and visualizing the garden imagery. The CD format allows children to request specific nature songs repeatedly, exercising choice and building familiarity with environmental themes through self-selected repetition.
Each order includes everything needed for proper presentation and long-term use.
Follow the Montessori method of presentation for optimal child development.
Demonstrate how to carefully handle the CD and operate the player independently
Show how to select a song card and match it to the track number on the CD
Model appropriate listening postures - sitting, standing, or gentle movement
Introduce one song's key vocabulary through three-period lesson before playing
Each material supports multiple areas of child development simultaneously.
Singing nature songs develops pitch recognition, rhythm awareness, and vocal expression while building repertoire of meaningful music.
Garden and environmental themes foster appreciation for the natural world, supporting the Montessori principle of cosmic education.
Song lyrics introduce nature vocabulary and poetic language, enhancing verbal expression and comprehension skills.
Group singing creates shared experiences and strengthens classroom community while celebrating student performances.
Designed for child-sized hands
Professional tips from AMI-trained guides to maximize the educational value of this material.
“Play tracks during transition times to create peaceful movement between activities”
Use individual songs as starting points for botany lessons or seasonal discussions
Encourage children to create movements or gestures that match the garden imagery in songs
Record children singing their favorite tracks to create your own classroom nature album
Everything you need to know about this material.
While specific titles aren't listed, this CD features original nature songs about gardens, seasons, and the environment, composed by Sanford Jones and performed by elementary students from Countryside Montessori School.
This CD is perfect for circle time activities, movement exercises, peaceful transitions between activities, and outdoor nature walks. The songs support environmental education and help children connect with nature through music.
Yes! While designed with Montessori principles in mind, these nature songs are suitable for any early childhood setting, including traditional preschools, homeschools, and family listening at home.
The songs are performed by elementary students, making them relatable to young listeners. The child-centered compositions focus on nature themes that naturally engage children ages 3-6 and support their developmental need to connect with the natural world.
Absolutely! The nature-focused songs about gardens and seasons provide an artistic way to introduce environmental awareness, complement botany lessons, and reinforce concepts about caring for our planet through memorable melodies.
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