The Knobbed Cylinder
In this video a Montessori teacher is displaying the correct way to use the Knobbed Cylinder activity. The Knobbed Cylinder activity is a...
The Broad Stair
The Broad Stair activity is introduced after the Pink Tower activity at The Children's Schoolhouse Montessori Preschool.
Building the Pink Tower
Building the Pink Tower is one of the first Montessori exercises practiced at The Children's Schoolhouse Montessori Preschool.
Care - of Self, Others, the Environment: Participating in Family Life
Practical life activities provide every child, by instinct, wants to learn and grow to the limit of his or her abilities.
Care - of Self, Others, the Environment: Balance
Balance Care of Self, Others and the Environment The child can only develop by means of experience in his environment. We call such...
Preschool Quote of the Day 7/10/15
"What is a scientist? We give the name scientist to the type of man who has felt experiment to be a means guiding him to search out the...


Bullying: What It Is, What It Isn't, and What Parent's Can Do
By: Chip DeLorenzo, M.Ed. There has been a lot of attention on the topic of bullying in the last decade. It has been warranted. For too...
Preschool Quote of the Day 7/9/15
"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."
Preschool Quote of the Day 7/8/15
"The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'"
Montessori Philosophy & Practice BIRTH TO THREE—A Superior Environment: Furniture
Furniture Furniture does not have to be expensive; it can be as simple, or as elegant, as any other furniture in the home. The important...