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Inclusive Education: The What, the Why, and the How for Our Montessori Community

By Christine Lowry | May 14, 2023

Montessori school leaders and classroom teachers are expressing their concerns about the wide range in learning and behavior they are seeing in their students. Many feel at a loss in how best to support and “manage” these differences. And too many think the solution is to ask students to leave their schools with the belief that “Montessori isn’t for these children.” What is going on? There has been a steady increase in the percentage of students with “special needs” over the past 4 decades...

SPORTSMANSHIP IS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING

By Nicolas Lepine | Nov 4, 2022

Editor’s Note: Montessori is known for teaching children kindness, courtesy, and mature social skills. Mainstream educators are catching on and are trying to weave Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) into the school day. This article explores some of the building blocks of Social and Emotional Learning. It also describes in some depth the important role that physical education and sports programs can (and should) play, whether formally organized as after-school programs or done less...

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What Children Really Get Out of Montessori

By Tim Seldin | Oct 6, 2022

The basic nature of our society and the family itself have changed radically, and only an equally radical change in education will suffice. — John Dewey, School and Society, 1899 When we try to define what our children really “get” from Montessori, we need to expand our vision to include more than just the basics. Of course, they learn to read, do four digit mathematics, recognize geometric shapes, and identify the parts of a plant and a mollusk. They also learn how to be contributing...

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Montessori: A Model for Inclusive Education?

By Christine Lowry | Oct 6, 2022

More and more students with a diversity of unique behavior and learning needs are enrolling in Montessori classrooms in independent, public, and charter Montessori schools. And more and more Montessori school leaders and classroom teachers are expressing their concerns: “I don’t know how to work with these kids.” “There are just too many challenges in my classroom.” “My teachers will quit if I put these students in their classrooms.” “Is Montessori a good fit, the right place for these...

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MPPI Review

By Denise Monnier | Oct 6, 2022

Maryland Passes Legislation for State Teacher License By Denise Monnier, Director of State Advocacy After 4 years of hard work and persistence on the part of Montessori Schools of Maryland (MSM), the Maryland legislature passed, and the Governor signed into law a bill that allows an individual who holds a bachelor’s degree and a credential from the AMS, AMI or a program accredited by the MACTE to be eligible for a Maryland State Teaching Certificate to teach in a Montessori school. This...

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Some Basic Information That Every Montessori Parent Should Know

By Tim Seldin | Jun 9, 2022

Why do they call it a Children’s House? In her research, Dr. Montessori noted specific characteristics associated with the children’s interests and abilities at each plane of development. She argued that a school carefully designed to meet the needs and interests of the child will work more effectively because it doesn’t fight human nature. Montessori taught teachers how to “follow the child” through careful observation, allowing students to reveal their strengths and weaknesses,...

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Creativity, Ecological Intelligence, Cultivating the Cosmic Task at Home and School

By Kelly Johnson | May 24, 2022

PART 1: Creativity and Cultivation of the Cosmic Task Creativity — and being a creative thinker — is elusive and inherent all at once. As humans, we all have immense potential for creativity across all fields of life and learning — from art to science, to social and educational contributions, and beyond. Though few of us will ever be Creative in the ways of Einstein, Maya Angelou, Yayoi Kusama, or Maria Montessori (and that is okay), we all deserve the benefits of being creative in our day...

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A Montessori School Is…

By Cassi Mackey | May 1, 2022

A Montessori School Is… by Cassi Mackey, M.Ed. The best environments for children are the ones that show them how to use their hearts. Love is the most essential element in our Montessori communities. It is the foundation of learning and teaching. Like breathing, love is a thing that comes so naturally. We breathe deeply and truly in a way that feeds our bodies, our hearts, and our souls. We love the same way. Love is the container that holds all the essential elements that make up a fully...

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Are We Really All Friends?

By Betsy Merena | May 1, 2022

ARE WE REALLY ALL FRIENDS? by Betsy Merena In this article, we will discuss the appropriateness of the long-standing tradition of using the term “friends” as an all-encompassing definition of peer relationships in the early childhood classroom environment. Through a personal anecdote that spurred self-reflection and a pivot in my own teaching practices, we will discover informed alternatives that ease the pressure created by expectations of universal friendship. “But what is a social life...

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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

By The Montessori Foundation | Apr 6, 2022

Most of us are aware that the United Nations adopted a declaration on the universal rights of the child, but many of us have not read it. Here is the introduction and the link to the full text. We encourage you to revisit it from time to time and reflect on the vital message and vision within. Convention on the Rights of the Child ADOPTED 20 November 1989 BY General Assembly of the United Nations resolution 44/25 Entry into force: 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49...

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