Learn about the Pink Tower, one of the foundational materials in the Montessori classroom.
The Pink Tower
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First Plane
Wonder and the Child
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” -…
The Sensitive Period to Movement
The Sensitive Period to Movement is evident from the first moments of human development… arms flail, muscles tense and relax. Even in the…
The Sensitive Period to Small Objects
Your infant, newly proficient at crawling across the floor and seemingly intent on breaking speed records for infant scooting, stops in…
The Knobbed Cylinders
You’d be hard pressed to visit any Montessori school in the world and not find the Knobbed Cylinders on the shelf. From the first block…
The Globes
There are some parts of the Montessori classroom that seem to get all the attention: the beautiful Practical Life materials, the engaged…
The Number Rods
Look familiar? They should. The Number Rods follow almost the same initial presentation as the Red Rods, a perennial favorite in the…
Rolling a Rug
Montessori Monday: Rolling a Rug As we move past the transitional first days of school and the rhythms of the school year begin to be establ