Montessori and Technology

Teachers

Colored Sectors. This activity helps young children distinguish the angle attribute from other attributes like area or length. It involves designed manipulatives that I claim to be consistent with Montessori's manipulatives. To see how I arrived at this design, click here.
Fraction Circles and Polygons. This activity teaches about external angles and prepares kids to draw polygons in Logo.
The next three pages contain printable cards for use with Circular Reasoning.

Leone Learning Systems, Inc. (LLS) is a North Shore company that provides online courses for kids anywhere and local teaching and tutoring services for students in Chicago and the Northern Suburbs of Chicagoland. LLS also provides a free geometry software package for children age 6 and up, and free resources for teachers and parents. This site includes information about classes taught, availability for tutoring, learning activities for kids, lesson plans, and ongoing software and curriculum research and development efforts.