Ganesha Theme Montessori Inspired Activities For Toddlers

Vinayaka Chaturthi is also known as Ganesh Chaturthi. This festival is celebrated as Ganesha's birthday. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated all over India with a great devotion. People bring home idols of Lord Ganesha,decorate Ganesha and performs the rituals. On the last day of festival the idols are immersed in water. So if you are looking for fun activities to do while you celebrate with your kids, you have come to the right place

Here is our Ganesh Themed Montessori inspired activities for toddlers

Practical life activity
We cleaned Lord Ganesha using rose water,brush and water and then wiped him with cloth.such a great practical life activity

Then he dressed him up and then offered some flowers and durva leaves to Lord Ganesha. It's a great Sensorial activity.

Offering fruits to Ganesha

He cut out the toy fruits with a toy knife and then we offered them to Lord Ganesha. It is very good for fine motor skills and practical life skills.

To know more about Ganesha's family

We did simple matching activity to know more about Ganesh and his family and their vahan(vehicle)/carrier of Lord Ganesha's family. Then i explained him shiva and parvathi are his parents, karthikeya his brother.

Matching/Visual Discrimination

Next, we had a fun time matching different images of Ganesha.such a great visual discrimination activity

Matching/Visual Discrimination Again

Again we did some fun matching activity with eight avatars of Ganesha,also known as Ashtavinayak. it was bit difficult but he managed to do this and enjoyed a lot.