The transition from one state to the other always follows a piece of work done by the hands with real things, work accompanied by mental con...
It was the children themselves who showed that they preferred one another’s company to dolls, and the small ‘real life’ utensils to toys. —M...
There are two main types of shelf work in the Montessori environment. The first is the Montessori materials themselves. The second consists...
It follows that the child’s character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered or the freedom favoring his development t...
As I was driving through my neighborhood this week, I noticed small signs scattered about town that advertised the local Montessori school....
The results we obtain with our little ones contrast oddly with the fact that mathematics is so often held to be a scourge rather than pleas...
Is the child’s mental horizon limited to what he sees? No. He has a type of mind that goes beyond the concrete. He has the great power of i...
Lately I have been hearing about parents worried about “summer brain drain.” Their worry seems compounded by the plethora of advertising on...
