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Including creation stories from around the world in your Montessori Classroom

Including creation stories from around the worl...

  I was recently talking with a parent about the Montessori Great Stories and how the indigenous views of her background would be included in a Montessori classroom of 6-12...

Including creation stories from around the worl...

  I was recently talking with a parent about the Montessori Great Stories and how the indigenous views of her background would be included in a Montessori classroom of 6-12...

Three tips for managing a large Public School Montessori Class

Three tips for managing a large Public School M...

It is a truth universally acknowledge in Public School Montessori that sometimes you get thrown curve balls.Sometimes one of those curve balls is a large class size. If you are...

Three tips for managing a large Public School M...

It is a truth universally acknowledge in Public School Montessori that sometimes you get thrown curve balls.Sometimes one of those curve balls is a large class size. If you are...

How 40 million people are not on the maps in your classroom (Oceania exists!)

How 40 million people are not on the maps in yo...

UPDATE: July 2020  I've seen a growing number of Montessorians change their 'Australia' cards to being called Oceania but not changing any of the content, so basically still just kangaroos...

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How 40 million people are not on the maps in yo...

UPDATE: July 2020  I've seen a growing number of Montessorians change their 'Australia' cards to being called Oceania but not changing any of the content, so basically still just kangaroos...

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4 ways to make links across the curriculum in the Elementary Classroom

4 ways to make links across the curriculum in t...

  The Montessori curriculum is so vast! What I love about it is how many connections there are in the curriculum. However sometimes in the vastness of the curriculum it...

4 ways to make links across the curriculum in t...

  The Montessori curriculum is so vast! What I love about it is how many connections there are in the curriculum. However sometimes in the vastness of the curriculum it...

Geography extensions for your Montessori Elementary classroom

Geography extensions for your Montessori Elemen...

  As a public school Montessori teacher I often had children arrive in my classroom who had little experience with Geography or had been 'over exposed' to puzzle maps and...

Geography extensions for your Montessori Elemen...

  As a public school Montessori teacher I often had children arrive in my classroom who had little experience with Geography or had been 'over exposed' to puzzle maps and...

Why it is important to discuss hard stuff with kids

Why it is important to discuss hard stuff with ...

   Maria Montessori said: An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value as an individual,...

Why it is important to discuss hard stuff with ...

   Maria Montessori said: An education capable of saving humanity is no small undertaking; it involves the spiritual development of man, the enhancement of his value as an individual,...