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Historical Art
The Montessori Elementary Schoolhouse received its first gift – Historical Art – dedicated to Maria Montessori. Today, I think its display could be categorized as art, but back in the day when I was an elementary student, it was official currency in Italy. This piece of historical art, a 1000 Lira note, has traveled from…
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Microscope
Want to know what leaf veins look like? Let’s look at them up close! Want to see what shape a salt crystal really is up close? We can find out! What does a cell really look like? It is so, so small, but we can see it if we look here! We are studying rocks…
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Wooden Hierarchical Material
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 week of school, representing quantities of 1 – 1,000,000. It gives the children the ‘Key’ to the entire decimal system – the foundation for the…
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Pin Maps – Geography
This is what learning the countries, capitals and national flags of the countries of the world looks like if you attend the Montessori Elementary Schoolhouse. For each of the five continents there is a set of 4 maps, like this set of North America. A trademark of Montessori education is the feature of the ‘built-in…
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Tone Bars – Music
Music, which is usually an ‘extra-curricular’ subject in other schools, is fully integrated into the Montessori classroom. A child may choose to work with the tone bars in music, or the notation boards (another post later) while other children work with math, geography, history, or any other materials. Music is very close to my heart,…
Montessori Elementary Schoolhouse
The Montessori Elementary Schoolhouse Foundation is a non-profit organization established in Aruba.
Montessori Elementary Schoolhouse 