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What abilities does Montessori mathematics cultivate children?
Montessori mathematics cultivates children's sense of order, concentration, judgment, hand-eye coordination and independent thinking.

Mathematics education is a classic in Montessori education. Its biggest feature is to transform abstract logical thinking into operational concrete materials, help children lay a solid mathematical foundation and logical thinking mode, and let children aged 2-6 discover and experience the existence of numbers around them in hands-on operation.

Montessori mathematics can not only make Mengbao learn a lot of specific mathematical knowledge, but more importantly, it can make Mengbao develop the habit of liking mathematics and not being afraid of mathematics from an early age, and lay a mathematical foundation for Mengbao to go to primary school. The more indirect impact is the impact on children's future life. No matter what occupation the child is engaged in, the cultivation of the child's internal order from an early age will enable the child to lay a good foundation in any field in the future.

Basic principles of Montessori education

1. Child-centered: Oppose the adult-centered teaching concept and regard children as independent individuals different from adults.

2. Oppose cramming teaching: advocate starting with daily life training, with a good learning environment and rich teaching AIDS, let children learn spontaneously and actively, and build a perfect personality by themselves.

3. Grasp the sensitive period of children: follow the characteristics of sensitive period learning and get better learning results.

4. Teachers play the role of promoters: teachers must have a deep understanding of children's spiritual world and know their children's development like the back of their hands in order to provide appropriate and timely help and guidance to children.