A toddler stands before a solid wooden tower; brow furrowed in deep concentration. Her small hand reaches out, feeling the cool, grain-textured surface of a mahogany-colored cube. She isn’t just playing. She is measuring weight, dimensions, and balance through her fingertips. There are no flashing lights here. No batteries to change. Just the quiet, heavy […]
Category Archives: Montessori teaching materials
Ever see a child stacking small wooden blocks with the attention he is able to give them to the extent that all the rest of the world is forgotten? It’s almost hypnotic. Something makes him work with that silence; it is Montessori at work. In contrast to the classrooms of old times, when children were […]


