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054: Choice in the Elementary Classroom

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Understanding how to facilitate, organize, and prepare an environment that fosters student choice is one of the most challenging aspects of being a Montessori Elementary teacher.

Educators who follow the Montessori approach know that Maria Montessori placed a lot of emphasis on the idea of “choice,” and while the notion of choice is universally celebrated and held sacred for young children up until the age of 6 (such as in other Montessori environments or in play-based preschools), this idea sometimes falls to the wayside when children enter into elementary and adolescent programs.
In today’s episode, Letty Rising explains that there are different levels of choice, and that students can have choice in their work and still develop the skills needed to master standards.
What’s in this episode:

  • What different levels of choice look like in the Elementary classroom
  • Facilitating an environment that allows the opportunity for children to choose their work
  • Building common core standards around a child's interest
  • Supporting children who struggle with independence and making choices
  • When teacher choice and child choice come into play
  • Ensuring students are progressing in key areas by using tools for accountability

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Understanding how to facilitate, organize, and prepare an environment that fosters student choice is one of the most challenging aspects of being a Montessori Elementary teacher.

Educators who follow the Montessori approach know that Maria Montessori placed a lot of emphasis on the idea of “choice,” and while the notion of choice is universally celebrated and held sacred for young children up until the age of 6 (such as in other Montessori environments or in play-based preschools), this idea sometimes falls to the wayside when children enter into elementary and adolescent programs.
In today’s episode, Letty Rising explains that there are different levels of choice, and that students can have choice in their work and still develop the skills needed to master standards.
What’s in this episode:

  • What different levels of choice look like in the Elementary classroom
  • Facilitating an environment that allows the opportunity for children to choose their work
  • Building common core standards around a child's interest
  • Supporting children who struggle with independence and making choices
  • When teacher choice and child choice come into play
  • Ensuring students are progressing in key areas by using tools for accountability

For full show notes, resources, links and to download the transcript, visit:

https://www.trilliummontessori.org/

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

N/A

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