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Montessori teacher observing a student completing a pouring activity with precision.

Words + Movement = Reading

By: Connie Parker Within a Montessori classroom, movement is found everywhere. It has great importance in mental development, provided that the action which occurs is connected with the mental activity going on. Having purposeful movement…
Children engaged in practical life activities, cleaning and organizing the Montessori classroom.

Why Cursive is Still Important in Education

By Erin McFarland In our highly technical age, handwriting as a whole seems to be an antiquated concept in our education systems. How often do we handwrite things in our daily lives? Moreover, cursive writing seems to be an old-fashioned…
Children using Montessori knobbed cylinders to refine their sense of size and dimension.

Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten Academically?

By Kristi Ockuly As a Montessori teacher for more than twenty years, and as a mother of five, I can attest to the fact that all parents wonder about the experience their young children will have in school. If they are in preschool, parents…
A child working independently with Montessori pink tower cubes to develop spatial awareness.
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Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten Emotionally?

By Kristi Ockuly As a Montessori teacher for more than twenty years, and as a mother of five, I can attest to the fact that all parents wonder about the experience their young children will have in school. If they are in preschool, parents…