If you are looking for some humor and inspiration for your Montessori 12-18 math teaching, check out this episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage podcast entitled “How to Teach Maths”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019ytj

Takeaways for me (that all support Montessori!):

Tell stories of the human beings who discovered? invented? (a controversy you’ll have to decide for yourself) math concepts.
Math is so much more interesting and accessible when it is in a real world context and when the students know how it is useful.
Self confidence and self-talk make a huge difference in one’s success (or not) in math.

Keep up the good work refining Montessori 12-18 math!

If you are curious about how to teach math in a Montessori adolescent context, we hope to have some blog posts in the future with tips and ideas.