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Sacred Geometry

by Greg Hicks | Mathematics, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Materials, Primary (3-6), Sensorial

It was Plato who said, Geometry is the experience of the eternally existent. The study of the ‘One’ is among those that lead the mind on and turn it to the vision of reality.” This is the basis of the sacred work of geometry. It is the study of the universe, the world...

The Red Rods

by John Long | MFA, Montessori Education, Primary (3-6), Sensorial

is hands were stretched far apart, but not all the way to the ends of the red rod, the longest one of a graduated set of ten. He walked with the slight wobble of a three year old as he carried the one meter long rod across the classroom. He stopped to wait for two […]

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Webinar: The Role of the Montessori Materials

by Lorna McGrath | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Materials, Webinars / MFA

Tim Seldin briefly discusses the Role of Montessori Materials

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The Smile

by John Long | Kindergarten, Mathematics, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Uncategorized

his is a story about eight wooden blocks and a five-year-old girl. The eight wooden blocks are nestled in a hinged wooden box. The five-year-old girl is sitting alone at a small wooden table. She is very good at arithmetic, her teacher tells me, but rarely chooses to work with this kind of spatial, three-dimensional […]