Tag Archives: Montessori

November 20, 2022 • Weekly Update

From the Primary Upper West: Montessori Language There are four schemes in preparing the language area of the Montessori primary. Dr. Montessori believed that you must prepare the hand to manipulate ever more refined, to guide the tool of writing to create symbols. When using tweezers to transfer materials, or removing the Knobbed Cylinders the […]

September 25, 2022 • Weekly Update

“ … with a little help from my friends” In making a list of the characteristics that set a Montessori classroom apart from a traditional learning environment, one has a wealth of examples to choose from. The hierarchical coloring of the math materials, for example; the number 10 will forever be blue in my mind. […]