Log onto any social media outlet (SM) and you will often see pictures of Montessori classrooms with wooden shelves, lined up equipment and a child seemingly engrossed in work after a successful lesson. I can tell you as a trained...
If you've been here for any length of time I have no time for fundamentalist Montessorians who say Montessori must look like an AMI trained teacher, with a specific brand of resources and a certain class size to be...
Teachers are an important part of any classroom. What a teacher does is often thought to be very important. However the question of who the teacher is at their core does not often come up for discussion in mainstream teaching....
Multi age classes have long been a cornerstone of Montessori classrooms. Montessori classrooms were built around Maria Montessori’s idea of healthy communities. Montessori thought it unnatural to segregate by age pointing out that segregating elderly people because they were old...
What makes a good montessori lesson? Many of you are probably familiar with the term ‘three period lesson.’ The three period lesson is a way of introducing vocabulary and ensuring a child understands. It is especially useful in the 3-6...
We love colours in Montessori. In Montessori 6-12 classrooms, we have a couple of ways we sort things. We try and sort shelves from left to right with the easier activities on the left. This helps the child see the progression of where...
This article is written based on the knowledge of the 6-12 year old child Imagine this situation: 'The teacher took a checkerboard lesson where the children were learning to read numbers on the checkerboard and compare their size....
Creating a positive class culture is really important for all learners to feel safe. However how can we do this in the Montessori classroom? Games Games are great way to creating a positive classroom. Check out this website for...