Building Number Sense from 3 to 6: Montessori Math at Home
8:00 PM Prague
7:00 PM London
2:00 PM New York
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Counting to twenty is not the same as knowing what twenty means. In this LiveTalk Maren Schmidt shows how young children build number sense, why the numbers to ten matter more than anything that comes after, and how the Montessori sensorial materials prepare a child's mathematical mind long before the first math lesson.
The full recording also covers the three words adults mix up without noticing (numeral, number, quantity), number stories from an ordinary day, and a practical Q&A: counting trains from craft sticks, spindle boxes from one-dollar containers, how to tell a child is ready for the golden beads, and Maren's favourite ways into fractions.
Maren Schmidt has been involved in Montessori education for over 40 years. As a Montessori mom, she served as PTA president, headed fundraising auctions, as well as acted as the school’s official metal inset paper cutter. Delighted with the growth she saw in her two daughters, she trained in Washington D.C. and Cleveland, Ohio to become an AMI elementary guide. In 1991 she founded a school in Bentonville, Arkansas, where she acted as a teaching administrator for 13 years, working with children ages two through 15 years. In 2004 she began writing a syndicated newspaper column and blog, Kids Talk. Her Kids Talk Newsletters are popular with families, teachers and school administrators all over the world.
Maren’s traveled the United States giving workshops at conferences and schools, drawing not only on her Montessori experiences, but her knowledge of business, organizational communications, and children’s literacy
Lucie Brixi Tamášová is first and foremost a mother of three children (and two wonderful bonus children). For more than 17 years, she has been searching for kind, practical, and research-based answers to the everyday challenges of parenting and helping make them accessible to families around the world.
She is the founder of international projects including Childhood Potential Club, Montessori Parenting, and the Childhood Potential Conference, through which she connects parents, educators, and leading child development experts from across the globe. Through her work, she promotes a respectful and conscious approach to children while helping parents navigate everyday life with greater calm, understanding, and confidence.
Alongside her international work, Lucie also leads educational projects in Kenya and Guinea through the NGO Centrum Dialog, helping provide access to quality education for children with limited opportunities. She deeply believes that conscious support of children has the power to positively shape the future of society as a whole.