I LOVE Montessori teaching tools, especially for math. They're so hands-on and they make learning so intuitive. My 6-year-old uses our homemade "golden" beads all the time. I feel like those beads combined with our number symbol cards are going to get us pretty far. However, constructing that set of ...
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Addition Strip Board
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Who doesn't love the Montessori, hands-on, self-correcting style of learning? It seems like most kids learn best when they get to move pieces around with their hands to understand how things work rather than have someone verbally explain a concept to them. I created this addition strip board and the ...
Homemade Montessori Pink Tower
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My first child started attending a Montessori preschool just before his 3rd birthday. One of the tools which his teacher said he had trouble understanding was the Montessori pink tower. After I looked up what a "pink tower" was, I just couldn't believe that my son was unable to stack blocks in order ...
Montessori Sound Jars
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My 3 year old was not very good at doing these Montessori sound jars when I first made them, but I'm hoping that as he gets older, he'll learn to distinguish between the different sounds. The idea is that you have two sets of jars (blue and red, in my case), each filled with the same objects (like ...
Montessori Colored Bead Stair
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I decided to make the Montessori colored bead stair after I had already made my own imitation "golden" (actually white) beads. So far, the colored beads representing each number between 1 and 9 are not actually necessary, since the child can just count out the appropriate number of single golden ...
Montessori Golden Beads
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Being such a huge nerd, when I saw the golden bead material at my son's Montessori school, I immediately wanted my own. They seemed like such a great way to visualize what numbers actually mean. I know they will be extremely useful when my kids are learning more complicated math. However, even now ...
Michelle has a PhD in Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor's Degree from the California Institute of Technology. 