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Left to Right, Top to Bottom: The Prepared Environment

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

Montessori Monday: Transferring

It's a sort of curious activity to watch: a young child, mesmerized, repeatedly transferring some small object from one container to anot...

The Timelines

As Montessori learners develop the ability to measure and "tell" time, they are increasingly motivated to use these skills beyond daily r...

The Perpetual Calendar

The Montessori materials all share certain characteristics. They are beautiful and elegant by design, isolating a single concept and offe...

Telling Time

While young children may not easily grasp the abstract concept of time, they are nonetheless inundated with references to the measurement...

Time is on Our Side

"It's time to go." "We don't have time." "What time is it?" "Time will tell." Children hear lots about "time," but often struggle with wh...

Peace Education: The Cultural Materials

The peacefulness of Montessori classrooms is promoted through the design of those classrooms, the nature of the materials to evoke purpos...

Peace Education: The Grace and Courtesy Lessons

In addition to the design of the materials in general and the ground rules of the classroom, there are special lessons offered in the Mon...

Montessori Monday: Word Building with the Large Moveable Alphabet

Our Montessori classroom is rich with language, from the casual conversations children enjoy between friends and teachers to the formal l...

Montessori Monday: The Continent Maps

There are some parts of the Montessori classroom that seem to get all the attention: the beautiful Practical Life materials, the engaged ...

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