You may have noticed the beautiful Math materials in Montessori early childhood and elementary classrooms. Enticing and elegant, a few...

Look familiar? They should. The Number Rods follow almost the same initial presentation as the Red Rods, a perennial favorite in the...

You'd be hard pressed to visit any Montessori early childhood classroom in the world and not find the Knobbed Cylinders on the shelf....

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...

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...

"Can I see your shelves?" What an odd question. And, yet, if you spend much time with Montessori teachers, you'll almost inevitably hear...

You've probably enjoyed any number of geometric drawings your child has brought home from his or her use of the Metal Insets. The Metal...

As children develop through early childhood, they are increasingly able to understand abstract ideas. This seems simple to adults, but...

Long after a child has mastered the golden beads, when the sandpaper numbers are far behind her and the Bank Game is old hat, she'll...

The Montessori Math materials are distinct for their ability to make concrete otherwise abstract concepts and, by doing so, to allow...