A companion material to the Knobbed Cylinders, the Knobless Cylinders offer children extended practice with the relationships of height, width and volume. Four boxes are available to explore, with each containing a series of ten cylinders of varying...
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Teacher Talk: Persistence
When you first learned about Montessori, you may have been enchanted by the peaceful classrooms, by the idyllic language about the nature…
Persistence in the Third Plane
Like other developmental phenomena, children’s experiences with frustration and persistence reflect their stage of development. For…
Persistence in the Second Plane
Children in the First Plane of development are learning how to push through struggles, how to try again and again and again, often…
Persistence in the First Plane
We may hope for a peaceful future for our children, that they are successful and supported throughout their lives. We may want to protect…
Montessori At Home- Day A Million and Two: The Kitchen
It’s been almost a year since we shifted to school-at-home. You may feel pressure to “keep up with schoolwork.” We have established some…
Montessori At-Home Day A Million
We’re still doing this. It’s been almost a year since most schools were affected by the pandemic, almost a year since many of our…
Preparing for the First Day of School: 0-3
Whether this is the first time your child is headed to school or you’re preparing for your youngest of six, the first day of school…
Maintaining Community from a Distance
Montessori teaching is a calling that demands self-care. We are intellectually engaged long beyond after the children have gone home,…
“The secret of all nature is to be found in the soul of a child.”
You may be getting ready to return to your classroom this fall with a whole list of teacher resolutions in your mind. Maybe you’re…