The Math materials are an essential part of the Early Childhood classroom, designed to respond to what we understand about development at…
Math and Early Childhood
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First Plane
Math and the Infant/Toddler
You may have noticed the beautiful Math materials in Montessori early childhood and elementary classrooms. Enticing and elegant, a few…
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…
Movement in the First Plane
A core tenet of Montessori is that children are free to move. We understand that the child’s developing mind is influenced by their…
The Sensitive Periods: Movement
Montessori identified a number of “Sensitive Periods,” times when children’s development motivated them toward an interest in particular…
Empathy in the First Plane: 3-6
As infants and toddlers, children demonstrate initial kindness, especially toward people with whom they have a special bond. As they move…
Empathy in the First Plane: 0-3
Are children naturally empathetic? You may have heard of the phenomenon of infants crying in a nursery, reacting to each other’s cries in…
Montessori Monday: The Knobbed Cylinders
You’d be hard pressed to visit any Montessori early childhood classroom in the world and not find the Knobbed Cylinders on the shelf….
Concentration in the First Plane: 0-3
Feeling distracted? Overwhelmed? Like your checklist keeps getting longer but you have less and less time to get it done? In a climate so…
Rolling a Rug
As we move past the transitional first days of school and the rhythms of the school year begin to be established, we will begin sending…