The Montessori Prepared Environment: The Third Teacher

Close-up of a Montessori shelf displaying Practical Life and Sensorial materials, including sorting trays and manipulatives, supporting fine motor skill refinement in the Elementary environment

In Montessori pedagogy, educators often speak of three teachers, the adult, the other children, and the environment itself. Of the three, the environment is the only one that is present for every moment of every child’s day. The adult is occupied elsewhere. The peers are doing their own work. But the environment, if it has … Read more