In this lesson, see how upper elementary students use the decimal board to visually display a decimal divided by another decimal.
Upper Elementary - Finding Square Roots
Upper Elementary Students are able to use a familiar material to find square roots in this Montessori Materials Monday lesson.
Sight Words
Once a child has a strong foundation in decoding using phonetics, we begin to expand the child’s reading experience with words that following different language rules - sight words.
The Moveable Alphabet
As part of the Children's House (ages 3-6) language curriculum, the Moveable Alphabet helps the child begin to make the connection between the spoken word and written language.
Sandpaper Letters in Action
We continue our look at language lessons in the Children's House classroom, with the student matching sounds he hears with the appropriate letter.
Sandpaper Letters Lesson
We look at the introduction of letter sounds using the sandpaper letters in a Children's House classroom. This tactile experience is presented using a "Three Period Lesson".
Upper Elementary - Trinomial Square Root Board
Material to help understand how square roots are found for large numbers by simplifying to perfect squares and making exchanges, explained by a sixth grade student.
Toddlers' House - Baking Bread
Toddlers at Rock Prairie Montessori school enjoy the order and fine motor skills it takes to go through the process of baking bread as well as the pride of sharing that bread with classmates.
Multiplication Checkerboard
Ms. Kris gives a lesson on multiplication using the checkerboard, showing how mastery of math facts is achieved.
Binomial Cube
Today, we discuss how the Binomial Cube fits in the classroom sensorial materials.
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Color Tiles
Ms. Mary discusses the Color Tiles work, a sensorial material in the Children's House classroom. Please click here to see the video.
Geometric Solids
It's Montessori Materials Monday and today we briefly discuss the role of geometric solids in the classroom. Click here to view video.
The Pink Tower
The foundation for learning the Base 10 system in math, the pink tower is THE essential material in any Children’s House classroom. See the work in action in this week’s Montessori Materials Monday, found on our You Tube channel (click here to go to video).
Welcome to Montessori Materials Monday!
We would like to connect with you each week and share our excitement for the brilliantly designed Montessori materials that are essential to learning in a Montessori classroom. Today we are going to show you a brief overview of the Montessori Sensorial materials and will focus on specific materials every week.