The Montessori Golden Decimal Bead materials are so beautiful and yet very mysterious at first to the children. The children continuously gravitate towards them every day and want to know more about how these materials work. The children are introduced to the basic lessons and become more and more ...
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Learning Math Skills from Concrete to Abstract
Montessori students use hands-on learning materials that make abstract concepts clear and concrete. They can literally see and explore what is going on. Based on the research of Dr. Maria and Mario Montessori, this approach to teaching mathematics offers a clear and logical strategy for ...
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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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Inside Our Toddler Classroom
Happy New Year to all our families! We are looking forward to 2021 and all that it will bring. After a wonderful holiday break, the children are very happy to be back in their classroom.
Maria Montessori quotes, “The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and ...
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When Handwashing Is More Than Just Clean Hands
Toddlers love water and water play. One of the first lessons they receive at VFKH is “Handwashing as an Exercise.” Because toddlers are natural imitators, the mundane, adult tasks, such as handwashing, pique their curiosity. They want to imitate adults and master the same tasks they see them doing. ...
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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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The Benefits of Mixed-Age Classrooms
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.
At VFKH, students ...
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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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