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    24 Things You'll Only Understand If You Went To Montessori School

    ♫ Tell me the continents, tell me the continents! ♫

    1. Wasting time in practical living when you didn't want to do real schoolwork.

    2. The desperate need to ALWAYS touch things because you had a hands-on approach to life.

    3. Chanting this mantra before lunch: "Thank you for the world so sweet, thank you for the food we eat."

    4. Walking EVERYWHERE, single file, "on the line."

    5. Learning sounds from those nifty laminated cards.

    6. So. Many. Jars. Of. Colored. Water.

    7. Tracing sandpaper numbers and letters on those brightly colored sheets...

    8. ...and eventually graduating to drawing them in a box of rice with your finger.

    9. Two words: BOB BOOKS.

    Also featuring Dot and Mag the dog.

    10. Learning geography for the first time through hands-on map puzzles...

    11. ...and eventually making your own continents poster.

    12. Transferring dried beans back and forth to learn measurements.

    13. Learning math for the first time on this contraption...

    14. ...and learning place value with these colorful beads.

    15. Always sitting in a circle on the ground.

    16. Never having to worry about tests, grades, or homework.

    17. Taking a nap whenever you damn well pleased.

    18. Distinctly rolling your nap mat with the roll/smooth technique.

    19. "Dressing frames" that taught you how to tie, button, and snap.

    20. THESE THINGS.

    21. AND THESE.

    22. Gettin' handsy with real world organization techniques.

    23. Birthday celebrations that looked a lot like this.

    24. And developing your first (and best) friendships during recess.