Classified Cards
Classified Cards are a comprehensive collection of beautifully illustrated Montessori language materials designed to support the child’s developing vocabulary, classification skills and understanding of the world. Rooted in AMI Montessori pedagogy, the cards introduce children to precise language through carefully organised categories such as animals, plants, geography, practical life, science and culture. The materials encourage observation, conversation, matching, reading and independent exploration, helping the child refine language while building connections between words, concepts and real-world experiences. Suitable for use in Montessori environments and at home, the Classified Cards support oral language development, reading preparation and the child’s natural curiosity about the world around them.
As you browse the different sets of cards some will be more relevant to your culture than others. Please feel free to omit cards or combine cards from another set when using them with your children. Please note that the flags represented are the flags of the member states of the United Nations. As we develop the site we will be happy to add cards that match your specific culture and would appreciate any suggestions that you may have. We are also working to translate the resources into as many languages as possible and have included a translation template with each set of the Classified Cards. Please email translations to info@montessoridigital.org.
Zoology
Birds Africa B
Media Type: Photograph
Words: boubou, coot, cuckoo, eagle, grebe, heron, jacana, lapwing, magpie, oystercatcher, pigeon, roller, spoonbill, starling, sunbird, teal, tit, vulture, waxbill
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds Africa C
Media Type: Photograph
Words: bustard, cormorant, dove, goose, guineafowl, hornbill, kingfisher, nightjar, oriole, ostrich, parrot, pelican, plover, secretarybird, stork, tern, trogon, tropicbird, woodpecker
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds Asia A
Media Type: Photograph
Words: bee-eater, crane, duck, frogmouth, green magpie, grouse, hornbill, ibis, junglefowl, kite, merganser, paradise flycatcher, partridge, pelican, robin, shelduck, starling
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds Asia B
Media Type: Photograph
Words: bustard, dove, eagle, flamingo, goose, gull, hawk-owl, kingfisher, maleo, parrot, peacock-pheasant, puffin, roller, stilt, stork, swamphen, wren
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds North America A
Media Type: Photograph
Words: albatross, booby, crane, duck, eagle, flycatcher, goldfinch, guan, heron, jacana, jay, manakin, owl, parrot, puffin, quail, woodpecker
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds North America B
Media Type: Photograph
Words: coot, falcon, flamingo, grebe, gull, ibis, kingfisher, mockingbird, motmot, pigeon, roadrunner, screamer, snipe, stilt, tody, trogon, warbler
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds Oceania A
Media Type: Photograph
Words: cormorant, crake, dove, duck, emu, fantail, frogmouth, goose, kingfisher, lorikeet, robin, skua, spoonbill, stork, swamphen, tropicbird, weka, wrybill
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds Oceania B
Media Type: Photograph
Words: bee-eater, booby, brolga, brushturkey, cuckoo, finch, gull, jacana, kite, kiwi, lapwing, magpie, pelican, penguin, pitta, rail, teal, treeswift
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds Oceania C
Media Type: Photograph
Words: albatross, bustard, cockatoo, coot, crow, darter, fairywren, heron, owl, pigeon, plover, sandpiper, shelduck, stilt, swan, swift, tern
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds Selection
Media Type: Photograph
Words: bushshrike, crane, eagle, flamingo, guinea fowl, hornbill, ibis, kingfisher, marabou stork, ostrich, parrot, pelican, robin, snipe, stork, vulture, weaver
Languages: English GB, English US, Kiswahili, Français, Српски, 한국어, 日本語, 繁體中文, Português, Croatia, Deutsche, Español
Birds South America A
Media Type: Photograph
Words: albatross, chachalaca, cuckoo, dove, eagle, flamingo, grebe, gull, hoatzin, jacamar, macaw, parakeet, pelican, pigeon, potoo, rhea, sparrow, teal, toucan, waxwing, wren
Languages: English GB, English US
Birds South America B
Media Type: Photograph
Words: booby, cowbird, curassow, duck, falcon, goose, guan, heron, hummingbird, kingfisher, owl, parrot, penguin, plover, quail, screamer, spoonbill, tinamou, trogon, woodpecker
Languages: English GB, English US
Fish Selection
Media Type: Photograph (cut-out)
Words: clownfish, lionfish, nile perch, puffer, red snapper, sea bream, shark, tilapia, triggerfish, tuna, wrasse
Languages: English GB, English US, Kiswahili, Français, Српски, Dutch, Slovenščina, 한국어, 日本語, 繁體中文, Português, Croatia, Deutsche
Mammals Africa
Media Type: Photograph
Words: buffalo, elephant, giraffe, gorilla, hippopotamus, hyena, leopard, lion, rhinoceros, zebra
Languages: English GB, English US, ภาษาไทย, Română, Español, 中文, Pусский, Tiếng Việt, Italiano, Kiswahili, Français, Српски, Dutch, Slovenščina, Suomeksi, 한국어, 繁體中文, 日本語, Português, Croatia, Монгол хэл, Deutsche, أَ لعَرَبية, שפה עברית
Mammals Africa
Media Type: Photograph
Words: antelope, baboon, buffalo, cheetah, chimpanzee, colobus, dik dik, elephant, giraffe, gorilla, ground squirrel, hippopotamus, hyena, impala, kudu, leopard, lion, mongoose, pangolin, rhinoceros, warthog, waterbuck, wild dog, wildcat, wildebeest, zebra
Languages: English GB, English US, Kiswahili, Српски, Dutch, 한국어, 日本語, 繁體中文, Croatia, Deutsche, Português, Español, Maa
Mammals Africa
Media Type: Illustration (black & white)
Words: antelope, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, gorilla, hippopotamus, hyena, lemur, lion, okapi, rhinoceros, warthog, zebra
Languages: English GB, English US, Kiswahili, Српски, Slovenščina, 한국어, 日本語, 繁體中文, Português, Italiano, Español, Magyar
Mammals Antelopes Global
Media Type: Illustration (coloured pencil)
Words: blackbuck, eland, gazelle, impala, kudu, nilgai, oribi, oryx, saiga, springbok, wildebeest
Languages: English GB, English US
Mammals Antelopes Global
Media Type: Photograph (cut-out)
Words: blackbuck, eland, gazelle, impala, kudu, nilgai, oribi, oryx, saiga, springbok, wildebeest
Languages: English GB, English US
Mammals Domestic
Media Type: Photograph (cut-out)
Words: camel, cat, cow, dog, donkey, goat, horse, pig, rabbit, sheep
Languages: English GB, English US, Kiswahili, Français, Српски, Slovenščina, Suomeksi, 한국어, 日本語, 繁體中文, Português, Croatia, Монгол хэл, Deutsche, Dansk, Українська, Español, Czech
Mammals North America A
Media Type: Photograph
Words: badger, beaver, coati, coyote, dolphin, hare, lynx, marmot, moose, opossum, porcupine, raccoon, sea lion, sloth, tapir, whale, wolf
Languages: English GB, English US