It’s already November, when school routines feel a little more settled and we’re starting to feel more at ease. Just as the air starts to…
On the Autumn Rush
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For Teachers
Montessori Monday: Sandpaper Letters
Just as the Montessori classroom allows ample practice for the physical skills children will need to master holding a pencil, we also…
Math and the Teacher’s Spirit
Math is a language of the spirit. Really. When Montessori acknowledged that the tendency toward the construction of the mathematical mind…
Math and the Adolescent
Montessori adolescent environments are strikingly distinct from traditional Middle Schools. While traditional classrooms may be doubling…
Math and the Elementary Mind
If you think of the window of development between birth and age six as marked by the construction of labels for files in a cognitive file…
Math and Early Childhood
The Math materials are an essential part of the Early Childhood classroom, designed to respond to what we understand about development at…
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…
Teacher Talk: Articulating the Freedom for Movement
As Montessori teachers, we define our service to the children as encompassing roles farther than just those in the classroom. If we are…
Movement in the Third Plane
Montessori was deeply concerned with the nature of development in adolescence, and the disparity between the expectations of formal…