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A child learning to count

Why We Don’t Use Math Worksheets: The Power of Concrete Learning

By Emily / June 19, 2026

In many classrooms, math begins with paper, pencils, and memorized facts. In Montessori classrooms, it begins with the hands. Children count beads, build rods, group golden units into tens, and exchange ten tens for one hundred. This is concrete learning in action. Before a child is asked to solve an equation, they experience what numbers mean.…

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