Articles tagged with "fine-motor"
Metal Insets Design Printouts
May 23, 2013
Metal Insets Design Printouts: Indirect Preparation for Beautiful Writing In the Montessori classroom, the journey to writing begins long before a child picks up a pencil to form letters. One of the most elegant and beloved materials in this journey is the metal insets — a set of ten geometric …
Handwork Activities
June 1, 2012
The Art of Handwork in Montessori EducationThere is something deeply satisfying about watching a child's hands create. Whether they are threading a needle, weaving yarn through a loom, or carefully stitching a felt heart, children engaged in handwork radiate a quiet concentration that Maria Montessori herself would recognize as the …