Materials in the conceptual curriculum area of a Montessori school, in which writing, reading, and mathematics are found, are
a. concrete and actively involve the child in multisensory ways.
b. abstract, involving mostly paper-and-pencil work or mental computations.
c. not introduced until children reach elementary school age.
d. None of these answers.
ANS: A
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