A handbook in words and pictures to initiate mathematical thinking - using the most important Montessori materials for mathematics. Manual for a holistic way of learning within elementary education This new series of handbooks for kindergarten and preschool was born from working with children. It will help all educators who work in pre-primary education, by means of a new education culture to raise the self-esteem of children and to prepare them for our present day living conditions. What´s special about this new series: All exercises are explained step by step and documented with numerous colour photos. Thereby making it very simple for all educators to reconstruct. Volume 1 contains: Practical life exercises Care of self Care of environment Education of the senses Experience with dimensions colours touch weight warmth smell taste form and fingers kinesthetic sense The translator: Penny Mantz