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MATHEMATICS
Maria Montessori described the “mathematical mind” as a universal human attribute. The materials and methods of the Montessori classroom reinforce each child’s tendency to count, compare, compute, memorize and measure. Exactness is a skill given many opportunities for development through the careful use of the materials. A progression from concrete to abstract leads to discovery and reveals math principles and concepts which can be experienced and manipulated . Through physical and mental activity with the materials, your child will acquire a profound basis for mathematics. Montessori mathematics is based on the European model which presents the study of math as a relationship between arithmetic, algebra and geometry. The ingeniously designed materials enable children to experience many concepts traditionally taught much later, including multiples, long division, fractions, and square and cubed numbers.
As an understanding of the decimal system develops, children learn computational skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals along with related word problems. Money, time, standard and metric measurement, graphs and number patterns are developed as skills with correlations to the fascinating great story of the history of mathematics.
