Margaret Homfray Videos

Margaret Homfray was a Montessori teacher who trained with Dr Montessori herself and helped set up the Montessori 'movement' in the UK. I love watching her videos, even if some of the things she says are very different from the training and albums I have read! Here is a list of the ones currently available:

01 Introductory Talk on the Needs of the Baby and Young Child
02 How to Give a Lesson
03 Introduction to Dimension through the Knobbed Cylinders
04 Further Study of Size through the Pink Tower, Broad Stair, and Long Rods
05 Advanced Study of Size through the Knobless Cylinders
06 Criteria for Quality Educational Materials
07 Introduction of Colour through the Colour Tablets
08 Introducing Terminology with the use of the Three Period Lesson
09 Introduction to Shape through the Geometric Cabinet
10 Study of the Representation of Shape Through the Geometric Cards
11 Study of the use of Shape in Tessellation
12 Study of Geometric Solids
13 Activities for Refining the Sense of Touch
14 The Stereognostic Sense
15 Activities for Developing Awareness of Differences in Sound through the Sound Cylinders
16 The Binomial Cube
17 The Trinomial Cube
18 Overview of Practical Life
19 Dressing Frames
20 Walking the Line
21 The Silence Lesson
22 Setting up and Organizing the Classroom
23 Starting the Year