The Four Areas In Montessori
The Mathematics area in a Montessori classroom begins with concrete manipulatives for introducing numbers, shapes, mathematical operations, and the decimal system which leads the child to abstract mathematical ideas and relationships. Through sensorial experiences, the child has seen the distinctions of distance, dimension, graduation, identity, similarity, and sequence and is introduced to the functions and operations of numbers. A child learns abstract mathematical concepts by learning to add, subtract, multiply and divide with the use of concrete materials.
