If you remember full-group spelling lessons in your elementary school, it may be hard to imagine how language can be taught in classrooms...

While Montessori classrooms are generally peaceful places to be, and Montessori teachers describe the intrinsic peacefulness of the...

Once children have begun to write letters, they are quickly motivated to apply that knowledge to useful, meaningful activities. But a...

Just as the Montessori classroom allows ample practice for the physical skills children will need to master holding a pencil, we also...

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

The first question most parents ask when they visit their child's Early Childhood Montessori classroom? "Why don't they do this at home?"...

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

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

The Sensitive Period to Order, which usually presents between the ages of two and four, brings with it a whole new set of challenges for...

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