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Teaching Improper Fractions

Teaching Improper Fractions

Improper or Vulgar Fractions are a great activity for 8 year olds plus to work with.  Students need to have a good understanding of most of their timetables and to...

Teaching Improper Fractions

Improper or Vulgar Fractions are a great activity for 8 year olds plus to work with.  Students need to have a good understanding of most of their timetables and to...

Teaching maths strategies in a Montessori 6-12 class

Teaching maths strategies in a Montessori 6-12 ...

I know many Montessorians who love the Montessori maths materials. In particular how they make abstract concepts real. Take for example the fraction circles that allow the child to touch...

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Teaching maths strategies in a Montessori 6-12 ...

I know many Montessorians who love the Montessori maths materials. In particular how they make abstract concepts real. Take for example the fraction circles that allow the child to touch...

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Great Story One Follow Up Materials

Great Story One Follow Up Materials

After the first great story there are a variety of activities and resource you may want to do or present   Laws of the Universe. These are a series of...

Great Story One Follow Up Materials

After the first great story there are a variety of activities and resource you may want to do or present   Laws of the Universe. These are a series of...

The Montessori Great Stories

The Montessori Great Stories

The Montessori Great Stories each have a different main theme that help start discussion, learning and create connection with the community the child lives in. They are a centre point of Cosmic...

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The Montessori Great Stories

The Montessori Great Stories each have a different main theme that help start discussion, learning and create connection with the community the child lives in. They are a centre point of Cosmic...

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What is Cosmic Education?

What is Cosmic Education?

Is Cosmic Education a bit weird? What does it have to do with Montessori education?  Cosmic education is  the centre of Montessori 6-12 education. A really simple definition of it...

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What is Cosmic Education?

Is Cosmic Education a bit weird? What does it have to do with Montessori education?  Cosmic education is  the centre of Montessori 6-12 education. A really simple definition of it...

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How Maria Montessori has impacted education....kind of....

How Maria Montessori has impacted education.......

    The Montessori method has had a lasting impact on education. Maria Montessori demonstrated through her personality, practise and persistence that education could be an instrument of change to...

How Maria Montessori has impacted education.......

    The Montessori method has had a lasting impact on education. Maria Montessori demonstrated through her personality, practise and persistence that education could be an instrument of change to...