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This shelf reflects the growing reasoning power of the elementary child.
Volume, snake games, arithmetic charts, and division boards invite exploration first—then mastery.

Here, math becomes something the child discovers, not just performs.
📷 AMI 6–12 environment at MINT
December 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Big math ideas, made tangible.
Fraction Skittles, Insets, and Hierarchical Material = deep understanding through movement and color.

📷 Seen in MINT’s AMI 6–12 environment.
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#montessori #education #mathematics #maths #elementary #teachers #school
December 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Montessori math materials don’t just teach. They reveal! Binomial & Trinomial Cubes let kids hold algebra in their hands. Movement, pattern, & curiosity. This shelf invites real discovery.

📷 from MINT’s 6–12 classroom.
December 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Bead Cabinet is a study in beauty and precision. Each color and length represents a number, a relationship, a pattern of linear counting and skip counting, turning into squares and cubes of numbers, with so many discoveries built in, waiting to be discovered.
December 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Someone to know in Montessori: Dr. Paige Krabill, MINT’s Director of Course Administration.
At MINT, she guides the coordination and digital infrastructure behind all of our courses, including the blended and online formats that support learners across distances and schedules. Staying global!
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Thinking about Montessori’s Human Tendencies…
In the Elementary classroom, exploration expands into abstraction as social reasoning, imagination, and pattern-seeking take center stage.
Training for ages 6–12 coming to Nashville in 2026: montessori-mint.org/6-12dip...
#montessori
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Montessori 3–6 environment supports the child’s natural drive to explore, where hand, mind, and heart work together through purposeful activity and concentration. Training for ages 3–6 coming to Nashville in 2026: montessori-mint.org/3-6-dip...
#montessori
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thinking about Montessori’s Human Tendencies…
Toddlers crave order, sequence, and repetition. When the environment is clear and predictable, independence and will begin to take shape.
Learn about MINT’s 2026 AMI 0–3 Diploma Course: montessori-mint.org/0-3-dip...
#montessori
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Montessori’s Human Tendencies begin from birth. Orientation helps the infant make sense of space, predictability, and order. Notice how this young visitor anchors visually to study contrast, distance, and movement.
Video: Melissa Crenshaw
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November 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Free Montessori meet-up for infants (birth–14mo) and caregivers
Tuesdays | 10am–12pm
4006 Belt Line Rd, Suite 100, Addison
Info: montessori-mint.org/adult/i...
Email: melissacrenshaw@montessori-mint.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Which of Dr. Montessori's Human Tendencies do you see at work here?

We've been wanting a reason to share this precious moment where two little ones at the Tuesday morning community meet-up experienced the Munari mobile together. : )

#montessori #earlychildhooddevelopment #education
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
TODAY at noon — Open House for our Montessori-based Community for Elders and Care Partners.
Tour the space, meet the director, and learn how Montessori principles apply across the lifespan.
12–1 PM • Addison, TX
RSVP: melissacrenshaw@montessori-mint.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Live tonight: Montessori in the Public Sector with Caroline Clark.
6–8 PM CT | Zoom | $20 | 2 PD hours
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November 19, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Public Montessori Week at MINT. Two online events exploring possibility and leadership in public Montessori. Tues evening and Wed lunch. Details: montessori-mint.org/montess... and montessori-mint.org/admin-plc
Integrity and access can coexist.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Public-sector Montessori: can it work? Hear from Caroline Clark and Liliana Pinzon as they unpack real-world implementation, challenges, and opportunities.
Tomorrow • Zoom • $20 • 2 PD hours
Register: montessori-mint.org/montess...
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today is the day! Live seminar on PLAY in Montessori - Affordable $20 registration - 2 hr professional development certificate from MINT

Info: montessori-mint.org/montess...
Register: montessori-mint.populiweb.c...

MINT is a nonprofit AMI Training Center & Montessori hub in Dallas, Texas.
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today is the day! Live seminar on PLAY in Montessori - Affordable $20 registration - 2 hr professional development certificate from MINT

Info: montessori-mint.org/montess...
Register: montessori-mint.populiweb.c...

MINT is a nonprofit AMI Training Center & Montessori hub in Dallas, Texas.
October 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Kicked off October with a great 3–6 PLC! 🙌 More free events ahead: 0–3 & 6–12 PLCs, School Leaders, Lunch & Learn, and more. Don't forget to tell your friends about the Infant meet-ups. montessori-mint.org/program...
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We’ve planted the seeds. We’ve tended the seedlings. Now, at this crucial moment, we must water them.
Our North Texas Giving Day donation page:

www.northtexasgivingday.org...
September 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Montessori Ways to Reconnect After Pick-Up

— Johnny Boucher
Resident Artist & Head of Communications, MINT

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September 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Happening online via MINT 🚨
Info Session: Future Montessori Teachers — 5:30 PM CT
🎙️ Montessori Conversations Speaker Series with Cristel Ruiz & Jessica Moore — 6:00 PM CT
They'll be talking about how to build the professional partnership between Montessori adults.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Dallas-area Montessori community! 🎉
Come mix & mingle with MINT at The Londoner on Sept 18, 5–7 PM. We’re covering appetizers; drinks and dinner are pay-your-own.

Plenty of folks are sticking around after 7, so come hungry! RSVP so we can order enough starters:
🔜 montessori-mint.org/rsvp-2025
September 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Bring Montessori principles into elder, disability, and dementia care this fall. Past participants have included:
Social workers
Nurses
Rehab therapists
Dietitians
Nursing assistants
Administrators
Life enrichment staff
Family care partners
Montessori Guides

#dementia
September 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
All 25 free, online Montessori professional development sessions— the entire Zoom meet-up calendar— in one place: 0-3, 3-6, and 6-12. How is it free? MINT is a nonprofit. The community makes this possible.

#montessori #education #teacher #ProfessionalDevelopment #school #equity
September 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🎉 Congrats to the grads of BethAnn Slater’s AMI 3–6 Orientation Course!
--AMI now calls the add-on Assistant’s Certificate the “Assistant Adjunct.”
MINT Orientation Courses are short, flexible, and open to assistants, admins, teachers & parents alike.
September 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM