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How to Use the Montessori Pythagoras Board: Multiplication Lessons and Extensions

How to Use the Montessori Pythagoras Board: Mul...

The Montessori Pythagoras Board is a multiplication material used in elementary classrooms to help children explore times tables, patterns, square numbers and the relationships between multiplication facts. Rather than simply...

How to Use the Montessori Pythagoras Board: Mul...

The Montessori Pythagoras Board is a multiplication material used in elementary classrooms to help children explore times tables, patterns, square numbers and the relationships between multiplication facts. Rather than simply...

What Makes a Good Montessori Lesson? Practical Principles for Ages 6–12

What Makes a Good Montessori Lesson? Practical ...

What makes a good Montessori lesson? For me, it is about much more than following a presentation exactly as it appears in a Montessori album. A successful Montessori elementary lesson...

What Makes a Good Montessori Lesson? Practical ...

What makes a good Montessori lesson? For me, it is about much more than following a presentation exactly as it appears in a Montessori album. A successful Montessori elementary lesson...

Cooking for a purpose with early Teenagers

Cooking for a purpose with early Teenagers

Explore how a Montessori-inspired food tech unit fostered independence, real-world skills, and teamwork in a diverse upper-primary classroom.

Cooking for a purpose with early Teenagers

Explore how a Montessori-inspired food tech unit fostered independence, real-world skills, and teamwork in a diverse upper-primary classroom.

Practical Montessori Storage Tips Using Color-Coding for 6-12 Classrooms

Practical Montessori Storage Tips Using Color-C...

Organizing your Montessori 6–12 classroom with clarity and intention is key to creating a calm, independent learning environment. In Montessori, we love using color-coded systems to help children navigate materials...

Practical Montessori Storage Tips Using Color-C...

Organizing your Montessori 6–12 classroom with clarity and intention is key to creating a calm, independent learning environment. In Montessori, we love using color-coded systems to help children navigate materials...

What does discipline look like in Montessori?

What does discipline look like in Montessori?

     This article is written based on the knowledge of the 6-12 year old child Imagine this situation:  'The teacher took a checkerboard lesson where the children were learning...

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What does discipline look like in Montessori?

     This article is written based on the knowledge of the 6-12 year old child Imagine this situation:  'The teacher took a checkerboard lesson where the children were learning...

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Living Things A montessori inspired unit

Those of you that have been following me recently will know that I have been teaching in a ‘normal classroom.’ The schoolwide focus for this term is ‘care.’ We had...

Living Things A montessori inspired unit

Those of you that have been following me recently will know that I have been teaching in a ‘normal classroom.’ The schoolwide focus for this term is ‘care.’ We had...