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Sample Lessons from the MMR Curriculum
These are real lessons from the MMR curriculum. Every lesson in the program is written at this depth, with this equity lens, and with this level of attention to the full range of children in your classroom. What you see here is not a sample of what MMR aspires to be. It is what MMR already is.
Join the WaitlistThe Primary curriculum covers five strands across 213 lessons. Each sample below is drawn from a different strand so you can experience the full range of what residents study.
Practical Life
Pouring: Dry Beans, Pitcher to Pitcher
Care of self, care of environment, and the development of independence through purposeful movement
Sensorial
The Pink Tower
Refinement of all the senses through graduated, self-correcting materials that prepare the mathematical and scientific mind
Language
The Sandpaper Letters: Individual Letter Introduction
Spoken language, phonics, reading, writing, and grammar through a multi-sensory, child-directed sequence
Mathematics
Introduction to the Decimal System: Quantity and Symbol
From concrete quantity to abstract symbol across all four operations, geometry, and early algebraic thinking
Theory
The Sensitive Periods: Why We Observe with Urgency
Montessori philosophy, child development, observation, and the design of prepared environments
MMR is forming its first cohort for fall 2026.
Every lesson in the program is written at this depth. If what you read here is what you have been looking for, join the waitlist.