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MFATC February 2024

A Note from The Program Director

Dear Montessori Family Alliance Members, Welcome to 2024! Thank you for being part of our international community of Montessori families! Join us for our weekly Tuesday Family Life Webinar Series and our monthly Wit & Wisdom: Family Chat Sessions. Both broadcasts are live on Zoom to facilitate conversation and community. They are free and open to anyone whether or not they have children in a Montessori school. So, feel free to invite friends and family. If you can’t make it to our live...

CommunicationMFATC February 2024

Communicating with Your Young Child

A young child’s receptive language develops sooner than their expressive language. This means they are capable of understanding much more than they can express. Honoring this intellectual development can be difficult when you feel you are constantly met with the one-word answer (“no!”) or a temper tantrum. You may feel like you just asked a simple question, or you just suggested a meal of their favorite food and you look down to find your child flailing on the floor. How did this happen?...

MFAPractical LifeTC February 2024

What Does the Laundry Have to Do with it?

Practical Life is a fundamental part of the Montessori curriculum. Dr. Maria Montessori wrote, “Education should not just be preparation for university, but preparation for life.” We want our children to have the skills and knowledge to function very well independently: capable of caring for themselves and their environments; knowing how to behave in a manner that will lead them to success in all aspects of their personal, educational, and professional lives. Our responsibility as parents...

MFATC February 2024

Preparing a “Grand” Environment

In a Montessori school, step one is preparing the environment. Teachers spend days, sometimes weeks, preparing their classrooms for the new school year. They consider every student, what they love, what they need, and find a place for that in the room. Everything is arranged in precise sequence and according to the skills being developed. A teacher makes sure anything a child may need is somewhere in that room, and we often learn much about our students by observing what it is that they...

ML January 2024The International Montessori Council

There’s an App for That

By Sean Cann & Maly Pena Have you ever found yourself trying to schedule a doctor’s appointment and wondering when that field trip is scheduled so you don’t plan it on the same day? Or trying to respond to a friend of a friend who wants to know, “What is Montessori anyway? Is it worth it?” You know you can access the school calendar and an article you can share, but do you have time to gather all that information? What if there was one app for that? Montessori.org—home of the Montessori...

ML January 2024The International Montessori Council

Clarity: The Ability to Think Clearly and Not Be Confused

Clarity is the Key to Success. As a Montessori Leader or Head of School, one of the objectives is to help you and your team achieve the clarity needed to build a world-class Montessori School. If you already have clarity on some or all the aspects listed below, that’s great - keep it in mind when engaging with your community. Otherwise, now would be a good time to pause, think about it, and write down some thoughts below. What you write should not be set in stone; it will grow and evolve as...

BoardsML January 2024School LeadershipThe International Montessori Council

IMC Leadership Series: The Montessori Board

by Tim Seldin & Renee DuChainey-Farkes In the IMC Leadership Series, we explore different concepts, research, and philosophies of Leadership that would ensure a successful Montessori way. This two-part series on the Montessori Board covers the concept, operational areas, success factors, and conflicts to avoid.Part 1: Montessori Board: Concept, Creation & Constituents What is a Montessori Board? A Montessori school’s Board of Trustees is the governing body that is officially...

Book ReviewsMFATomorrow's Child

Book Review: The Potential in Every Child

Written by Gavin McCormack Illustrated by Iris Villarrubia Parents will find this book to be a quick and easy reference for everyday living practices with their child. Gavin McCormack has boiled down one-hundred ideas that are in alignment with Montessori philosophy for parents. The ideas are mainly for elementary-age children, and some are for children in the early childhood stage. Then some ideas can be used with children from early childhood through the elementary years and beyond. A few...

MFATC December 2023

A Note From the Program Director

Dear Members, By now, I hope you have all taken just a few moments to open your Montessori Family Alliance (MFA) account. Ask your school administrator for the link so that you have access to "The Montessori App,” where you can find everything you are looking for right on your phone, your computer, or your tablet.Wit & Wisdom: A family chat! is broadcast on the last Wednesday of each month from 8:00-9:00 pm ET on Zoom. Topics include: strong-willed children; family communication; a...

MFATC December 2023

Free of Obstacles

If you have poked around on the internet looking for information about Montessori homes or schools, you have come across the term “Prepared Environment.” The Prepared Environment is any space that is designed to maximize the experiences of the people who use the space. So, a Prepared Environment can be a classroom, a bedroom, the kitchen, dining, living, backyard, park...really any space. We use the term “Prepared Environment” to emphasize that these spaces are deliberately designed and the...

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