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Montessori

Photo of cover designs for three different Montessori teacher books.

Each Montessori book has an identifiable abstract 3D image that gives each book a unique identity. The image is used on the cover and strategically throughout the book to identify new sections or parts of the book.

Photograph of the design of the prelims from a Montessori teacher book.

Nikki M Group provided publication design services to improve and refine the layout design of the maths books before typesetting. $Photo of a page spread with maths diagrams and text boxes to help teachers in a Montessori classroom.$

Illustrations of Montessori maths materials (cubes and beads) with guided teacher instructions.

Photo of three maths books showing examples of typesetting.

Nikki M Group typeset three maths books for The Math Institute, which included a total of 1302 pages.

Photograph showing geometric illustrations in the Montessori teacher book.

Graphs created for the Montessori teacher books. The books contain examples of linear graphs, trigonometric graphs and polynomial functions.

Designer holding the book open to show pages 78–79 featuring artist Kym Freeman.

There were a total of 1268 maths Illustrations drawn for three Montessori teacher books.

Photo of the prelims. The designer is holding the book open. You can see a section of the cover image down the side of the page.

Example of a table of contents. Part of the cover image is used on the outside margin.

Detail of a page showing maths diagrams and guided teacher instructions.

Oblique illustrations of Montessori materials. The diagrams are used to teach how to use the products in a Montessori classroom.

Photo of page showing a Montessori product illustrated with an isometric drawing.

Isometric and oblique drawings were used throughout the books to represent Montessori materials. The illustrations were drawn to scale and in colours to match the Montessori products.

A designer holding the book open to show the design of a chapter opener (Chapter 3, Chapter of Lines).

Design of a chapter opener. The outside edge features part of the cover image which helps to signify a new chapter.

Photo of a teacher book showing a page spread with diagrams mapping out the subject and topics covered in the book.

The teacher books contain concept maps in the preliminary pages that show the main topics for each subject. These concept maps help teachers to structure learning in a Montessori classroom. $Designer holding the teacher book open to show a page of isometric illustrations of Montessori trinomial math learning cubes.$

Isometric illustrations of a Montessori trinomial math learning cube.