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Montessori Moment Monday- July 18, 2022: The Moveable Alphabet

The moveable alphabet is a tangible alphabet consisting of wooden letters. It contains several copies of each letter, the consonants in...

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Montessori Moment Monday-July 11, 2022: Land & Water Forms

The Montessori Land and Water Forms introduce the child to a concrete experience of common topographical features on the Earth, as a part...

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Montessori Moment Monday-July 4, 2022: the binomial & trinomial cubes

The binomial and trinomial cubes are indirect preparation for future abstract mathematics. The child works with the cubes, matching the...

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Montessori Moment Monday-June 27, 2022: the flags

Montessori children first experience new concepts in a broad sense, and gradually work their way to the finer details. The Montessori...

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Montessori Moment Monday-May 23, 2022: the golden beads

The golden beads are a math material designed to develop a tactile understanding of quantity from 1-1000, and to introduce the child to...

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Montessori Monday Moment-May 16, 2022: dressing frame

Velcro, snaps, buttons, lacing, tying and more! The dressing frames are practical life work that prepare the child for independence....

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Montessori Monday Moment-May 2, 2022: geometric solids

The Geometric Solids are comprised of ten, blue solid wooden shapes. The shapes include: triangular prism, rectangular prism, cube,...

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Montessori Monday Moment-April 25, 2022: botany cabinet

Using the Botany Cabinet, the child learns the shapes and names of leaves by tracing their borders and matching them to those in the...

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Montessori Monday Moment-April 18, 2022: the continent globe

Montessori Moment Monday: The Continent Globe. As we approach Earth Day this Friday, it seemed fitting to take a moment to appreciate...

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Montessori Monday Moment-April 11, 2022: the sandpaper letters

The sandpaper letters are one of four original languages materials designed by Dr. Montessori. At the primary level, sandpaper letters...

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Montessori Moment Monday-April 4, 2022: the bead stair

The bead stair helps children develop a sense of order and quantity from 1-9, as they arrange the bead bars in order from shortest to...