What’s Happening

Perhaps one of the most instantly noticeable differences between conventional classrooms and Montessori prepared environments is the fact that the students are in motion. While that movement can be disorienting for observers at first glance, more careful observation...

One of the key components of the Primary and Elementary classrooms is the three-year cycle. Each classroom is composed of mixed ages, and children stay in the same environment for three years. Like many components of Montessori education, this is an intentional design...

In conventional educational models, children often learn by receiving instruction or information from an adult, memorizing or repeating for a short time, and then showing the knowledge gained through some kind of assessment, such as a test. In Montessori classrooms,...

Production and Exchange is a key component of Escuela’s Jr. High study.  Dr. Montessori recognized students at this age as ‘social newborns’ who are beginning to explore adult roles in their community in practical ways. This component of a thriving adolescent...

Math Children in Jr. Elementary West explore place value with the Golden Bead material- this material provides a concrete experience with units, tens,  hundreds, and thousands. One unique feature of the Montessori classroom is the materials unique to Montessori...

One of the Montessori classroom's most compelling elements is that it is interest-driven. The classroom is carefully prepared, so it is primed to meet the students' intellectual curiosity, wherever it may lead. Miraculous discoveries happen daily; however, as parents...

The Development of Writing “The hands help the development of the intellect. When a child is capable of using his hands, he can have a quantity of experiences in the environment through using them. In order to develop his consciousness, then his intellect, then his...

Inside Escuela: Montesssori Materials The Printed Alphabet Dr. Maria Montessori developed the materials we see in the classroom through years of careful observation and experimentation giving us carefully designed items that naturally support the child’s mind at each...