Noticing a trend? Three Hour Work Cycle. Three Period Lesson. Three Years in each Plane of Development... Montessori sure likes her threes. You'll notice, too, that the generally recommended time in any Montessori classroom is three years. Why is that? And is it really that important? The easy answer is that the three-year cycles of the Montessori classrooms match the Planes of Development they serve. So, children may be in an Infant/Toddler program from 0-3, an Early Childho

Noticing a trend? Three Hour Work Cycle. Three Period Lesson. Three Years in each Plane of Development... Montessori sure likes her threes. You'll notice, too, that the generally recommended time in any Montessori classroom is three years. Why is that? And is it really that important? The easy answer is that the three-year cycles of the Montessori classrooms match the Planes of Development they serve. So, children may be in an Infant/Toddler program from 0-3, an Early Childho

Of all the ways we consider time in the Montessori classroom, the Three Hour Work Cycle is one of the most important units. The work cycle represents one of Montessori's earliest observations about children's development: that, left uninterrupted, children would process through a regular and predictable pattern of engagement. The pace of the classroom, then, is ideally matched to the development of the child when the day's schedule allows for three-hours of uninterrupted time

Noticing a trend? Three Hour Work Cycle. Three Period Lesson. Three Years in each Plane of Development... Montessori sure likes her threes. You'll notice, too, that the generally recommended time in any Montessori classroom is three years. Why is that? And is it really that important? The easy answer is that the three-year cycles of the Montessori classrooms match the Planes of Development they serve. So, children may be in an Infant/Toddler program from 0-3, an Early Childho

Of all the ways we consider time in the Montessori classroom, the Three Hour Work Cycle is one of the most important units. The work cycle represents one of Montessori's earliest observations about children's development: that, left uninterrupted, children would process through a regular and predictable pattern of engagement. The pace of the classroom, then, is ideally matched to the development of the child when the day's schedule allows for three-hours of uninterrupted time