Montessori Bits – Montessori Elementary Schoolhouse

Montessori Bits

The Checkerboard

8 Apr 202410 Apr 2024

This material is used in the Montessori lower elementary classroom with children between 6-9 years of age). With the Checkerboard and bead bars (representing numbers 1-9) the children learn long…

Montessori Bits

Wooden Hierarchical Material

8 Apr 202410 Apr 2024

Not only is this one of my personal favourite materials in lower elementary, it is also a ‘Key Lesson’ which is presented to the 6 year olds in the first…

Montessori Bits

Square of Pythagoras – Mathematics

8 Apr 202410 Apr 2024

The Square of Pythagoras or the Decanomial Square is a first sensorial representation of the times tables. The colours correspond to the colours of the bead material and they represent…