A child is introduced to the Sandpaper Letters early in the Montessori curriculum. All 26 letters of the alphabet are cut out of sandpaper and mounted on wood. The consonants are mounted on pink wood and the vowels on blue wood.
The child is shown how to trace the letter using their index and middle fingers…
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This year Active Kids teamed up with the Woodland Trust to give schools a chance to get growing this autumn. We were lucky enough to receive six trees from this project. Three of the trees have been donated to the Islington Council to plant in gardens and parks in the borough. The children and teachers…
This activity, which is found in the Practical Life area, contributes to the refinement of movement, eye and hand co-ordination and general dexterity.
Pouring from one jug to another jug is a very interesting activity for children. The jug can either be filled with dry ingredients, for example, rice, pasta or sand; or it…
The children at St. Andrew's Montessori recently entered the Young Writers' My Day At competition. This competition was a great success and entries were received from across the country. Some of the poems written by the children at St. Andrew's Montessori have been published in a lovely book titled My Day At... Within the pages…
The Pink Tower is made up of 10 pink wooden cubes ranging from 1 cm³ to 10 cm³. This activity is found in the Sensorial Area of our school. The main aim of the Pink Tower is to encourage a child to visually notice a difference in height, length and width. It also helps the…