It’s a sort of curious activity to watch: a young child, mesmerized, repeatedly transferring some small object from one container to…
Montessori Monday: Transferring
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Oh, you dear, patient, lovely people, you teachers of adolescents, you bold adventurers blazing a new path for an ever widening…
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