Montessori Matters - My Favorite Things

By Children’s House Teacher - Venessa DeCree

One of my favorite Montessori materials in the children’s house classroom is “ The Golden Bead Layout with numerals”. This work is also known as the 45 layout.

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Montessori Matters - Culture Geography

By SJMS Teacher Becky Tanner

Through the study of geography, students gain an appreciation of the beauty of the world and the interdependence of the living things that inhabit the earth. Geography thus involves studying not only the topography of our earth but also its diverse people. This dual characteristic of geography makes the study of geography complex. To simplify things, the study of geography is usually broken into two parts: physical and cultural. Let’s take a closer look at the cultural aspects of Geography today!  

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