The Minute Glasses

The Minute Glasses   How do children understand the concept of time? They know it’s important. They hear us talking about it all the time…. “Ok Sam, we have to take turns on the ...

14 Triangles

Constructing POLYHEDRA

Materials List 1 x Large metal tray (we found a lovely bronze coloured one) 1 x Wooden box for metal beads/spheres  180 x 8mm Metal beads/spheres (unmagnetized) 140 x 22mm Magnetic cylindrical ...

How Algebra meets Geometry in the Trinomial Cube

I’m sure most of you are familiar with the line by line algebra showing how each cube or prism in the Trinomial Cube is constructed mathematically, turning lengths a, b and c into the 27 ...

The Trinomial Weave Pattern

For those of you with Scottish roots or some weaving experience, you might know that every province in Canada, except for Nunavut, has a registered tartan. We’d like to add a Montessori one ...

The Elementary Classroom Medical Kit – ECMK

The Elementary Classroom Medical Kit I know there is some controversy as to whether there should exist a Practical Life shelf in the Montessori Elementary classroom. Some classrooms have it and ...

Inunnguaq – Short

What’s in your Canada Box?

My Continent Boxes were a gift from a colleague. The Elementary Guide I was working with at the time had a marvelous collection of homemade Continent Boxes. She was a world traveler and had ...

Building The Trinomial Cube 3×3

Weaving in the Casa dei Bambini

Materials: Child sized easel with tray, child sized chair, simple table top loom with pegs (ours has 18 wooden pegs along the top and bottom), sewing basket, large sized tapestry needles, little ...