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You will need  - A Black pen, light blue pen, dark blue pen and a red pen - Small cut up pieces of paper - A prewritten caption that says 'verb' - The verb sphere symbol or a ball that is...

Have you heard of arrays? I must admit that before upskilling in my mainstream maths knowledge I hadn't! You are probably familiar with them though Let's take this piece of footpath.  Each individual square has 6 dots across and 6...

I'm not sure about where you live but one thing I have noticed about some Montessori classrooms here in New Zealand is that they are dominated by 'nuclear-families' that is a male and female with children. Sometimes when something is...

Our Montessori equipment is great for teaching place value.  In Montessori we start quite early with 'big' numbers for example it is not uncommon for a 6 year old to be adding two four digit numbers together. However students aren't...

You will need  - A Black pen, light blue pen and dark blue pen - Small cut up pieces of paper - A prewritten caption that says 'adjective' - Three objects all of a different colour e.g. three different coloured...

Teaching rounding is a vital skill for understanding place value. In Montessori we have lots of maths activities that naturally lend themselves to teaching about rounding. You may have been implicitly teaching rounding however it is important that like all...

Do your students know their times tables really well? Perhaps it is time to introduce multiples. In this series of lessons we look at introducing multiples to children. Generally this lesson is great for ages 9+. It is also a...

You will need  - A collection of objects some singular some plural e.g. 4 pencils, 3 beads, 5 cups, 6 toy cars, 1 book - small paper pre cut into strips - black pen and light blue pen - A prewritten...

  You will need  - A Black pen - Small cut up pieces of paper - A prewritten caption that says 'noun'   Key Experiences are ways of sparking the imagination of the child. They are given to new or...