Montessori mathematics is a highy logical and carefully constructed sequence of activities primarily using concrete materials. This mathematical approach is hands-on, and based on the child's natural drive to understand quantity, pattern, and abstraction.

This training is designed for primary educators who want to deepen their pedagogy. It is designed for those who prioritise deep mathematical understanding over memorised processes. This training is applicable to both enrichment and support contexts.

You will leave with a clear understanding of the logical progression of the mathematics sequence, hands-on experience with the materials, and a knowledge of how to guide genuine conceptual understanding in a variety of learner profiles.

Format

Pre-work: 4 self-paced video modules covering philosophy and foundations, released ahead of the in-person day

In-person day: entirely practical — hands on the materials, live demonstrations, observation practice, and discussion

Q&A: A 90-minute online session held 2 weeks after the in-person day

Group size: maximum 8

Curriculum

• The mathematical mind

  Montessori's framework — why the materials exist and what the child's mind is doing

• Foundations: 3–6 work

  The sensorial and early mathematics sequence that precedes the 6–9 curriculum

• Concrete to abstract

  How to recognise readiness for abstraction, and how to support the transition

• Place value materials

  Hierarchical understanding through the golden beads, stamp game, and bead frame

• The four operations

  Stamp game, dot game, and large bead frame

• Coloured bead bars and friends of ten

• Fractions

• Decimal work

• Geometry introduction

• Advanced explorations (my favourite!)

  Pythagoras, pi, binomial and trinomial cube, area of a rectangle and triangle