Like any specialized area of knowledge, there is a jargon of the Montessori
education system. Terms are in alphabetical order.
- Checker Board
- A Montessori manipulative material which is
used for short and long multiplication with the hierarchies in the decimal
system up to 100,000,000.
- Extended Day Montessori
- A program for children ages five or six which lasts from 11:45 a.m
to 3:00 p.m. This program differs from Children's
House in that it has a longer program based around an extension of
the work cycle. It should not be confused with
Full Day Montessori.
- Full Day Montessori
- There are four Montessori classrooms which are open before and after
the traditional school day. However, there are two Full-Day
Montessori classrooms which contain nap space within the classroom. This
allows children who consistently need care between 7:00 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
to remain in the same Montessori environment while at school. Via the
Before & After School Care Contract,
you can inform the school if your child will need to be placed in a
Full-Day Montessori classroom.
- Great Lessons
- A collection of five large group lessons taught to elementary school
students. Each lesson may take more than one day to present.
- Large Bead Frame
- An abacus-like bead frame that helps
students form the bridge to abstraction for decimal system exercises in
multiplication.
- Morning Work Cycle
- A block of time for working on subjects, intending to offer an
unbroken period of time for students to study one or more areas.
- Racks and Tubes
- A Montessori manipulative for demonstrating long division. It consists
of several tubes, each capable of holding ten beads, as well as colored cups
to put the beads, and a board for laying out the beads. It uses successive
counting to perform long division.
