Montessori Cultural Album (Early Childhood)
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Our Montessori Cultural Album is the complete teacher's manual for the Cultural area of an early childhood classroom, ages 3 to 6+. It gives you every lesson in sequence, with the purpose, materials, prerequisites, and step-by-step presentation for each one.
The album covers the key areas of the Montessori Cultural curriculum:
- Explorations of visual art
- Connections with nature
- Concrete experiences from around the world
- Physical geography
- Political geography
- Science
The album is grounded in the AMI/Dwyer approach, with the added insight of current research, and is written to align with our other four early childhood albums.
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What's included
The Instructor's edition (152 pages, full color) is for trained teachers and teacher trainers. It includes:
- All theory
- Photos and illustrations showing the key parts of every lesson
- Suggested age to offer each presentation
- Prerequisite lessons
- Purpose (direct and indirect aims)
- Materials needed
- Step-by-step instructions for the presentation and all following exercises
- Pedagogical notes
- Accommodations (for select materials)
The Student's edition (110 pages, black and white, no illustrations or theory) is for teachers-in-training. It includes all the same lesson text as the Instructor's edition, with placeholders where students add their own theory and illustrations during their training course.
Choose your format
- Hard copy: Printed on high-quality, 3-hole punched paper (no binders or tabs), and includes view-only access on our Google Drive.
- View-only digital: Read on our Google Drive. No printing or downloading.
- Printable digital (PDC file): View and print offline using the secure LockLizard viewer. Prints from a Mac or Windows computer only.
Created by a Montessori teacher. Made in the USA.
Why does the Cultural area matter?
The Cultural area brings the wider world into the classroom through concrete experiences, real objects, and real photos. Students explore land and water forms, the continents, plants, animals, and art, and they meet the words that go with them. That is more than enrichment. Background knowledge and vocabulary are core strands of reading comprehension in Scarborough's (2001) reading rope, so a student who learned about a peninsula or a mammal in the Cultural area will understand those words when they later meet them in text. Our geography materials and 3-part reading cards support this work.
Should I get the Instructor or Student edition?
If you are a trained teacher, a teacher trainer, or a school leader, choose the Instructor's edition. If you run a teacher education program, your adult learners need the Student's edition so they can add their own theory and illustrations as part of their course.
How do I open the printable digital (LockLizard) album?
Right after you order, you will get an email with a link to download your secure .PDC file. Within one business day, you will get a second email with links to install the LockLizard viewer and activate your license. Once the viewer is installed and activated, you can view your album offline on up to two Mac, Windows, iOS, or Android devices. Printing works only from a Mac or Windows computer, to a printer your computer connects to directly (usually not a print center's printer). Watch our video on how to open a PDC file, or visit our Digital Support page for details.
Should I buy all five albums?
We recommend it. The lessons in each area build on and rely on the others. For example, the way we present the red rods in Sensorial is foundational for how we present the number rods in Math. It is best not to piecemeal our albums together with another program. You can get all five albums in one purchase.
Can this album replace Montessori teacher training?
No. This album gives you the mechanics of each lesson and insight into how and why to give it. The deeper guidance on human development, and the shift in perspective the adult needs, comes from a teacher preparation program. The album is a strong support for school leaders creating a common approach, teacher trainers and their students, and trained guides who want to deepen their practice. It can also serve as a survival guide for a teacher placed in a classroom without training, until they can get trained.
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