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Montessori Material: The Pink Tower
“The environment itself will teach the child, every error he makes is manifest to him, without the intervention of a parent or teacher, who should remain a quiet observer of all that happens.” – Montessori (2017) “For the child to have a true experience, she must be allowed to make mistakes.” Welcoming mistakes and accepting them might be a challenging task to follow, but the outcomes are inspiring. Whenever this idea is brought up, I think of unique material in our classroom. It is a material where mistakes result in a clamour – the kind that makes any adult’s head turn, ready for a rescue. However, if we take Montessori’s…