If you remember full-group spelling lessons in your elementary school, it may be hard to imagine how language can be taught in classrooms…
Montessori Monday: The Green Materials
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Language
Teacher Talk: Observing Writing
We know that part of our work as Montessori teachers is to observe children. We observe to understand their development, that we may…
Nomenclature Cards and Purposeful Writing
Once children have begun to write letters, they are quickly motivated to apply that knowledge to useful, meaningful activities. But a…
Sandpaper Letters and Metal Insets
Just as the Montessori classroom allows ample practice for the physical skills children will need to master holding a pencil, we also…
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…
Montessori Monday: The Grammar Symbols
Do you remember learning grammar in Elementary school? Did you memorize the definition of a noun (” a person, place, thing or idea,”)…
Montessori Monday: The Green Materials
If you remember full-group spelling lessons in your elementary school, it may be hard to imagine how language can be taught in classrooms…
Teacher Talk: Observing Writing
We know that part of our work as Montessori teachers is to observe children. We observe to understand their development, that we may…
Nomenclature Cards and Purposeful Writing
Once children have begun to write letters, they are quickly motivated to apply that knowledge to useful, meaningful activities. But a…
Sandpaper Letters and Metal Insets
Just as the Montessori classroom allows ample practice for the physical skills children will need to master holding a pencil, we also…