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Moving from Addition to Multiplication with Arrays

Moving from Addition to Multiplication with Arrays

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...

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Moving from Addition to Multiplication with Arrays

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...

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4 Strategies to bring diversity to the forefront of your Montessori Elementary Classroom

4 Strategies to bring diversity to the forefron...

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...

4 Strategies to bring diversity to the forefron...

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...

Does Your Child Really Understand Place Value? Montessori Place Value Questions for Ages 6–12

Does Your Child Really Understand Place Value? ...

Teaching place value in Montessori is about much more than children being able to name units, tens, hundreds and thousands. Montessori maths materials such as the Golden Beads and Stamp...

Does Your Child Really Understand Place Value? ...

Teaching place value in Montessori is about much more than children being able to name units, tens, hundreds and thousands. Montessori maths materials such as the Golden Beads and Stamp...

Key Experience: The Adjective

Key Experience: The Adjective

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...

Key Experience: The Adjective

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...

Teaching Rounding in your Montessori Class

Teaching Rounding in your Montessori Class

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...

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Teaching Rounding in your Montessori Class

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...

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Multiples

Multiples

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...

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Multiples

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...

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