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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.ICPEC.2026.5

Introducing Programming Concepts Through Montessori Materials

Authors: Steffi Rudel and Marlene Engels

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 145, 7th International Computer Programming Education Conference (ICPEC 2026)

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Programming is a skill already taught in many schools today. However, for historical reasons, it has not yet been included in the Montessori method. To close this gap, we developed learning materials for Montessori schools and present them in this article. We show the design of a new learning material for introducing programming concepts in Montessori elementary level (6-12 years). The material is a concrete physical learning material and is supported by a modular lesson structure, which also takes the principles of Computational Thinking in account. Finally we discuss its suitability for Montessori education based on expert feedback. The article shows interesting examples of how programming can be taught in Montessori elementary level.

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Steffi Rudel and Marlene Engels. Introducing Programming Concepts Through Montessori Materials. In 7th International Computer Programming Education Conference (ICPEC 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 145, pp. 5:1-5:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@InProceedings{rudel_et_al:OASIcs.ICPEC.2026.5,
  author =	{Rudel, Steffi and Engels, Marlene},
  title =	{{Introducing Programming Concepts Through Montessori Materials}},
  booktitle =	{7th International Computer Programming Education Conference (ICPEC 2026)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:14},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-443-7},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{145},
  editor =	{Portela, Filipe and Matos, Lu{\'\i}s and Guimar\~{a}es, Tiago},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.ICPEC.2026.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-267424},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.ICPEC.2026.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Montessori Method, Programming, Montessori Material, Computational Thinking}
}

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