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Montessori Math

This is a multi-age classroom that has children ages three to six, in keeping with a core principal of the Montessori philosophy. Children in Mrs. Humpert’s classroom started there as three-year olds. Charlie is in his third year of the cycle and as a five-year old, he has a responsibility to be a role model for the younger children.

Charlie is working with his friend Michael. Michael and Charlie begin working with “The Bank Game,” a process where children compose four-digit numbers by going to “the bank” to get the quantity they need.

There are 100 cubes, 100 squares, ten bars and unit beads all ready to use. Number by number, tray by tray, Michael and Charlie count out the cubes and beads they need to quantify the number they have composed. Here they read the number 4732.

“The math program focuses on using concrete materials to explain abstract concepts such as quantity and the symbols we use to represent it,” explains Mrs. Humpert. “The Bank Game” helps students understand the decimal system and math concepts such as ones, tens, hundreds
and thousands. Through the full range of Montessori math materials, concepts such as numerations, place value, fractions and basic operations can be defined.