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Encouraging deep Maths thinking in Preschoolers

Encouraging deep Maths thinking in Preschoolers

The Montessori Maths curriculum is rich and beautiful. I love how it goes from  symbols to introducing written numbers. I also love how equipment delivered in one cycle or age...

Encouraging deep Maths thinking in Preschoolers

The Montessori Maths curriculum is rich and beautiful. I love how it goes from  symbols to introducing written numbers. I also love how equipment delivered in one cycle or age...

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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End of year activities for Elementary Montessori

End of year activities for Elementary Montessori

  Argh! It's the end of the year! So much to do, so little energy!Here are some ideas for making the last week more manageable1) Towards the beginning of the...

End of year activities for Elementary Montessori

  Argh! It's the end of the year! So much to do, so little energy!Here are some ideas for making the last week more manageable1) Towards the beginning of the...

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...