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Among the many carefully designed materials in the Children’s House, the metal insets occupy a special place in the preparation for writing. Deceptively simple in appearance, they are in fact one of the most purposeful materials in the environment. Their purpose is to help children refine their hands for writing, and a great deal of preparation has already taken place before ...

Have you ever watched a child trace the outline of a window with their finger, or carefully line up blocks into a perfectly symmetrical row? They may not have a name for what they're doing, but they are already exploring geometry.

Dr. Maria Montessori understood that geometry is not an abstract school subject. It is part of the world children live in from the ver...