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In seeking to understand the world, young children ask so many questions! The Montessori geography materials meet that curiosity with simple, beautiful objects that help children put the world into context.

As Dr. Montessori explains in Education for a New World, "Children are not able to follow long explanations, and need ...


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There is a beautiful image Dr. Maria Montessori used to describe the child's natural path of development: a river flowing clearly from mountain to ocean, its current strong, its course defined. When that river encounters an unnatural obstacle, such as a dam or a diversion, its energy is halted or scattered. ...


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If you've spent any time in a Montessori early childhood classroom, you've likely noticed the sandpaper letters on the shelf: elegant, tactile, traced by small fingers again and again. And if you've looked closely, you may have noticed something that surprises many families. Those letters are in cursive.

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Time is one of the most abstract concepts for a young child to understand. Yesterday, tomorrow, next week, last month. These words float through daily conversation long before a child has any concrete sense of what they actually mean. For young children, the passage of time isn't yet something they can feel ...


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