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Summary: Montessori counting makes children count out loud to help learn quantities. Learn how the spindle box teaches children to count in this free educational video about Montessori counting methods.
Tami Elliot is the owner and a teacher at the Northstar Montessori Preschool in Saline, Michigan. She has over twenty years of experience working with children, and she has owned and...read more
"This is to show quantity work. First, you lay out all the numerals, and you have the children help you, one at a time, to order them. To save time, I'm just going to put them up there. Have them count each one out. One, two. That's three, one, two, three. Four, one, two, three, four. Five, one, two, three, four, five. Six, one, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Continue this until you get all the way through ten, and the basket at that point, will be empty. "