It’s a time of transitions for many Montessori schools here in the US, when children are saying goodbye to familiar environments and…
Visiting the Infant – Toddler Classroom
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Montessori Monday: The Square of the Decanomial
Some of our favorite Montessori materials are the ones that make elegant and simple seemingly complicated concepts. The math materials…
Teacher Talk: Modeling Gratitude
Teaching is hard. Of this there is no doubt. And as teachers, we are often challenged to present an infallible face, a superhuman wisdom,…
Modeling Gratitude in the Third Plane: 12-18
If you believe what you see on TV, you might think that adolescents are selfish, narcissistic, and judgmental of adults, their siblings,…
Modeling Gratitude in the Second Plane: 6-12
By the time your child is in the Second Plane of Development, so many qualities of their personalities have emerged and focused. You know…
Modeling Gratitude in the First Plane: 3-6
Montessori’s Grace and Courtesy lessons are a beautiful component of our Early Childhood environments, offering engaging, playful ways…
Modeling Gratitude in the First Plane: 0-3
It’s a good time of year to take stock of the people who have helped your child to get this far: the teachers and classroom assistants,…
Montessori Monday: The Long Chains
The Montessori Math materials offer concrete, manipulative experiences with concepts that most adults think about abstractly. Through…
Teacher Talk: The Manipulative Teacher
Montessori identified the need to manipulate as one of the Tendencies of Humans, those core qualities that we share across cultures and…
Work
You may have heard Montessorians use the language of “work,” to describe the materials on the shelf, or the activities in which the…