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