What makes an activity ‘Montessori’? What is the difference between a Montessori activity and any other kids activity? I’ve seen this question and variations of it often recently.
While I’m no expert, I created this infographic to concisely share the elements of a Montessori activity that set it apart. These are the aspects that I am mindful of when creating a Montessori inspired work.
Thank you for reading!
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Thanks Rachel! Great idea to put all the ideas together in an infographic! I’m sharing it right now!
Thank you for your support!
I love infographs and this one is great Rachel.
I love how infographics make knowledge a bit more visual. I am glad other people enjoy my one! :)
I love the infograph. I like how it is broken down to show the difference.
Thank you Bonnie :)
This is really great Rach. It turned out really wonderful. It’s nice and clear and I think explains (well my understanding of Montessori activities/work) really clearly. I love infographics too :)
Thanks so much Kate :)
Hi, I thought you might be interested in two things: 1 – this post is being shared in professional Montessori circles on Facebook, and 2 – what trained Montessori teachers said they would add to it:
– Are beautiful, and “call to the child”
– Are meaningful
– Have direct and indirect purposes that tie them in to the rest of the spiral curriculum
– Made of natural materials whenever possible
– Focus on concepts that can be generalized
– Are simple in design
Really nice work, getting all the main components without using Jargon – I can see this being a very useful tool for lots of schools and parents :)
Thank you so much for letting me know Andrea! I really appreciate the positive and constructive feedback :D
What a great idea! I personally didn’t really know what Montessori meant. I had an idea for what moms shared with me but this graphic is great! Sharing it on our facebook page ;).
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Thank you for sharing and for reading, Daniela :)
I’ve tried looking up a simple explanation of Montessori or other teaching theories and they were never simple enough for me. :) I love that this is easy to understand and gets right to the point. Apparently we’ve been doing a lot of Montessori all along!
I found that too when I started researching Montessori! Lots of respectful parenting aligns with Montessori theories :)
Dare I add one more that we learned in my AMI training – make sure it doesn’t already exist in the Montessori Materials. In other words, don’t substitute or add something that already exists.
That’s a great addition. Thank you Linda :)
Hi Rachel,
I was wondering if we could share this wonderful infographic on Facebook and Twitter for our client, Montessori Unlimited.
Please let us know if this would be alright.
Thanks!
Mallory
Of course :) Thank you for contacting me :)
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Great work !
Your information has been very helpful, its organized very well, and can relate to it as a Montessorian.
Thanks
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Hello!!
I found this infographic in pinterest. Could I use it for a post at my blog? (I will also translate everything in greek). Of course there will be a hyperlink to this post.
Thanks,
My best wishes for the new year!
Antonia
This is the best graphic I’ve seen on ‘What makes a material Montessori.’ With your permission, I’d love to include it in an article I’ve written on ‘Are Shoebox Tasks Montessori?’
Hi! Could I translate this infographics in Italian for my blog? Please! It’s so useful!
This is why I love infographics… A very easy and useful guidelines to understand. Not all net surfers are good readers. Some are so lazy reading a full article. Nice post!
Dear Rachel,
Your presentation of the key tenet of Montessori is beautiful! I follows it’s own advice!
I will be presenting a conference call to educators in my state about Montessori, I am wondering if I can reference your chart and/or offer it to them to view?
Thank you again for your work!
Dina