Have you ever… sat next to a three-foot long iguana (or a giant rabbit or …
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Sourcing Classroom Materials
It took Montessori Services founder Jane Campbell only a few mornings in the Montessori classroom …
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Whenever possible, try to build a control of error into each activity so it becomes …
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Art is one of the many ways children express themselves. Art is a way for …
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Montessori education has been referred to as “peace education”; Montessorian Sonnie McFarland calls peace education …
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Focus on Routines, Not Lesson Plans Though we are ruled by the clock and the …
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Summer is here, and whether you have summer camp programs or year-around school, many hours …
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Music is a universal language, loved by children and adults in cultures throughout the world. …
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The sensorial curriculum is one of the brilliant foundations of Montessori education. The materials that …
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A five-year-old boy had been working with the Geometric Solids in my classroom. On the …
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