I was born with the name, Megawati (she who has a cloud) Tjokro (chokro), in a small country of islands in Southeast Asia named Indonesia in the capital city of Jakarta. During my childhood, I lived more with my grandparents than my parents.
My grandparents owned the best Chinese restaurant in ...
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From Sensorial Materials to the World of Discovery to Creativity
In the Montessori environment, children have a chance to analyze, infer, and enlarge their field of perception through sensorial experiences. All the materials have order—from simple to complex and from basic and general to more specific and detailed qualities—resulting in higher and more critical ...
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Learning About Our World
This month the children spent time learning about our world! ...
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Traveling Around the World
"He does it with his hands, by experience, first in play and then through work. The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence." ~ Dr. Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind
Puzzle Maps
The Phoenixville Primary classroom was busy traveling around the world during the month of February. ...
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Math in the Primary Classroom
How is it possible that Montessori Primary children see and understand how to format a square and a cube? Or build a pyramid by lining up the 10 square to 1 square? Or build a tower by lining up the 10 cube to 1 cube?
Dr. Maria Montessori believed that humans were born with natural urges called ...
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Happy New Year 2021!
It has been such a wonderful festive season for the Primary children in Phoenixville. A lot of conversations about Hanukkah, Christmas, Diwali and Chinese New Year celebrations floated among the Phoenixville Primary children. We talked about the diversity of people and cultures around the ...
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Thankfulness in the Phoenixville Primary Classroom
Children by nature are self-absorbed and egocentric. However, when children are given repeated opportunities to experience being grateful, they can begin to understand gratitude. Gratitude is the ability to show appreciation, act with generosity and return kindness; including being sensitive and ...
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