Dressing Frame Activities
The "dressing frame activities" are a staple of the Montessori approach to education. Let's find out why. Not only are these activities enticing tools for children, so neatly and carefully displayed, they're also extremely useful →
The Cylinder Blocks Activity
What's at work with the cylinder blocks? Let's find out. First, we'll describe the process. As a child navigates through the classroom, they're completely free to choose any activity that interests them, in so far →
The Joy of Wooden Activities
The French philosopher Roland Barthes has a lovely description of the value and import of wooden toys, written in his seminal collection of essays, Mythologies. "Current toys are made of a graceless material, the product of chemistry, →
The Montessori Presentation
In a Montessori classroom, a directress gives presentations. These are individual instructions conducted with a student. As demonstrated in the video above, the directress will introduce the child to the material and establish the nature →
Sewing a Button
Sewing a button: Montessori students learn a number of unique, practical and challenging tasks in the primary classroom, one of which is, most certainly, how to sew a button. Yes, how to sew a button!Materials: →
Montessori Color Tablets
One of the very best ways to describe the academics of Montessori is to frame it in terms of two concepts: the abstract and the concrete. On the one hand, the abstract exists in thought. →
The Pink Tower
Watching the pink tower being built for the first time of the year is simply magical. The care, the patience, the love, the attention...there is just something about the pink tower. What is it? The →
