One of the first things you notice when you walk into a Montessori classroom is that classrooms are not divided by age. Instead, classrooms are divided into multi-age groupings. For example, a preschool classroom may have children ranging in ages from 3 to 6 years of age.
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Resources
Checkerboard
The checkerboard is used for long multiplication in the lower elementary classroom. The children are already familiar with the glass beads and their values as we saw in the Bead Cabinet. Materials that represent a concept are carried through the Montessori experience.
Now the children have ...
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Cultivating Peace in the Montessori Classroom
One of the things about Montessori that our founder and Head of School, Susan Kelly, was initially attracted by was the concept of Grace and Courtesy and basic respect. Respect flows through the Montessori environment from adult to adult, adult to child, and child to child. If we learn to treat ...
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The Montessori Bead Cabinet
The Montessori Bead Cabinet Material is a quintessential and defining Montessori material.
The Bead Cabinet is first introduced to Primary children as a means to sensorially demonstrate the concept of numeric measurement. For the 3-6 child, the Bead Cabinet represents a BIG work with many layers ...
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Montessori Birthday Celebrations
Birthdays are a very special occasion in Montessori classrooms to honor the years and accomplishments of each student. Here’s how we celebrate!
The Birthday Walk
Students gather in a circle and in the middle of the circle is a candle that represents the sun. Strips of paper with the months of ...
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Welcome Back to School!
Even though things look a little different this year, we are still learning, discovering, and enjoying school! Valley Forge Kinder House has implemented several daily health and safety measures to keep students and staff safe in the classroom.
How We're Keeping Students Safe
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Hammering It Up!
There are many tools we use for learning activities in our classrooms. A toddler favorite is the Clay Hammer and Tee Tray. This is an excellent exercise to practice and develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. The children love it!
The Importance of Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor ...
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Screen Time Article
Our primary teacher, Mrs. Gwynne Peters, has spoken both to the Parent Group and at the Coffee and Conversations about our children and Screen Time. Mrs. Peters found this article and shared it with me. We wanted to share it with all of you. I think we are all guilty of over use of screen time in ...
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