A part of our weekly series of thoughts from Dr. Maria Montessori's work and writings - designed to promote further reflection on professional practice.

A part of our weekly series of thoughts from Dr. Maria Montessori's work and writings - designed to promote further reflection on professional practice.

A part of our weekly series of thoughts from Dr. Maria Montessori's work and writings - designed to promote further reflection on professional practice.

A part of our weekly series of thoughts from Dr. Maria Montessori's work and writings - designed to promote further reflection on professional practice.

A part of our weekly series of thoughts from Dr. Maria Montessori's work and writings - designed to promote further reflection on professional practice.

Montessori environments are prepared for multi-age groupings of children. These groupings operate very like family environments, providing key learning and development opportunities in two ways. First, multi-age groupings encourage children to aspire to the achievements of older peers. New students enter an established and mature environment with effective models of both work and social interaction.