Ultimate Collection of Montessori Discovery Baskets for Babies

We are starting to use discovery baskets and I am so excited to share with our collection.  Since I'm homeschooling these days due to the lockdown, these baskets have been really helpful in entertaining Max while I homeschool Vito.  But aside, for this reason, having discovery baskets has so many benefits for the child.  Below, I'm sharing some of the baskets I put-up for Max, and why we love discovery baskets!

Discovery Baskets or Treasure Baskets is a basket or a box that you fill with objects that your babies (those that can sit-up) can explore.  Discovery baskets can entertain babies for a long period of time.  Be sure that you are always there to supervise, but don't interfere.  Babies will explore the objects using their senses: tasting, touching, smelling, hearing and looking therefore it is important that the objects are stimulating and enticing!

Max is currently teething, so he's mouthing everything I put in the basket.  So to prepare the baskets,  I made sure that I (1) sanitize the objects every day, (2) inspect for loose parts (small objects) that can be a choking hazard,  and (3) remove objects with sharp edges.

BASKET OF RATTLES

In the basket:  

• Montessori rattles
• Hape Beaded Rattle
• Plan Toy Rattle/Roller

BASKET OF SOFT TOYS

In the basket:  

• LAMAZE butterfly
• LAMAZE Footfinder and Wrist Rattle

BASKET OF TEXTURES/NATURE

Most of our materials are from Holly and Joe which I purchase from UK.  

BASKET OF WOODEN TOYS

In the basket:  

• Manhattan Skwish
• Montessori Egg Cup (set)
• Wooden Nutcracker
• Grimm's Bead Grasper Rainbow
• Plan Toy Clatter

BASKET OF MIRRORS/METALLIC

In the basket:  

• Tickit Mirror
• Reflective Mirror Balls
• Reflective Mirror Buttons

BASKET OF FABRICS

In the basket:  

• Sarah’s Silks

BASKET OF RINGS

In the basket:  

• Silly Rings
• Ringlets
• Spinny

BASKET OF TEETHERS

In the basket:  

• Lanco Teethers
• Banana Teether/Toothbrush

BASKET OF SENSORIAL/BALLS

In the basket:  

• Edushape Sensorial Balls
• Sensorial Balls

BASKET OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

In the basket:  

• Instruments from Holly and Joe

BASKET OF SPOOLS

Max loves watching the spools roll.

In the basket:  

• Spoolz

BASKET OF NESTING TOYS

I will be introducing this later around 9 months for our in and out activity.

In the basket:  

• Plan Nesting Toy (Cylinders)
• Plan Nesting Toy (Boxes)

BASKET OF SENSORIAL BLOCKS

In the basket:

• Wonderland Blocks

BASKET OF RAINBOW

Max loves flipping the pieces and rocks it.

Materials:

• Grimms Rainbow (6 pieces)

THE SET-UP

So instead of toy rotation, we do basket rotation.  We work on 4-5 discovery baskets a week, then try new ones on the next week. 

When I homeschool Vito, we just do  it on the rug, and let Max explore his baskets in here too.  This set-up allows me to manage both boths at the same time.

And that's about it! Hope you find this post helpful in looking for discovery basket ideas for your babies.  

If you are interested in learning on what baskets we use at home, check my post here.

Happy weekend!