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Color-coded. Durable materials. Replaceable parts. Our appealing teacher-designed sets arrive complete and ready to serve children for years to come.
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Ideas & Insights Articles

Ideas & Insights Articles

Independence in the Classroom
"If teaching is to be effective with young children, it must assist them to advance on the way to independence."—Maria Montessori, The Discovery of the ChildThe first few weeks of school are crucial, and set the stage for the remainder of the year. Even if you have taught for years, it's a good time to rethink and refresh y... Read More
Sensorial Sounds
The sensorial curriculum is one of the brilliant foundations of Montessori education. The materials that Dr. Montessori created are elegant in isolating each of the senses, and the Bells are among the most beautiful and fascinating of the sensorial materials.Even if you have no experience with the Bells, or they were not in... Read More
Hiking with Children
"Let us have endless patience with his slow progress, and show enthusiasm and gladness at his successes. If we could say: ' We are respectful and courteous in our dealings with children, we treat them as we should like to be treated ourselves,' we should have mastered a great educational principle..."—Maria Montessori, Dr. ... Read More
Social Justice, Environmental Justice, and the Elementary Child
"I care about climate justice and the living planet... I've learned you are never too small to make a difference."—Greta Thunberg1When I present the Timeline of Life to elementary students, discussing how life began on Earth, I enjoy pointing out my favorite illustrations: the Ice Ages, the Carboniferous Period when dead pl... Read More
Sewing and Weaving in the Classroom
"Repetition is the secret of perfection, and this is why the exercises are connected with the common activities of daily life."—Maria Montessori, The Discovery of the ChildAs the new school year approaches, you undoubtedly are thinking of ways to rejuvenate some of your "tried and true" exercises, and create some new activi... Read More
Keeping the Holiday Spirit
The holidays are almost here and many of us are wondering how we will find our way through the maze of our strange new world. Despite many losses, our children often remind us that we can find joy every day. With some creative thought and planning, we can feel the season's spirit and create some special memories filled with... Read More
An Old-Fashioned Summer
In summer it's hot! But with no beach, pond or pool, At home water is cool.I have many fond memories of the hot, lazy days of summer. When air conditioning was rarely in every room, we would go to the "air-cooled" movie theatre for relief from the heat. I recall a fan blowing air over a block of ice at my grandmother's. She... Read More
Normalization in the Montessori Classroom
Maria Montessori herself said, "The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'" You have prepared the environment with the child's inner needs foremost in your mind. Now you're probably thinking ahead to the day when your classroom will be normalized... Read More
Art in the Montessori Environment
"If we try to think back to the dim and distant past... what is it that helps us reconstruct those times, and to picture the lives of those who lived in them? It is their art... It is thanks to the hand, the companion of the mind, that civilization has arisen."—Maria Montessori, The Absorbent MindArt is one of the many ways... Read More
Talking with Young Children about the Death of a Pet
"It's precisely because children don't understand what death is about that they need help from loving adults in talking about it."—Mr. Rogers, www.fredrogers.orgIn one of his 1970s children's television episodes, Mr. Rogers gives a beautiful example of how to talk with young children about death. He looks into the fish tank... Read More