by Michael Dorer, EdD | Montessori Administrators, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Webcasts / IMC
Discover Co–Teaching! Is it a possibility in your school or classroom? Michael Dorer discusses what co–teaching is and what it is not. Generally applied in elementary classrooms and above, co–teaching can bring a new energy and approach to your program. Its emphasis on collaboration and equality can be models of a completely cooperative and collaborative classroom and whole school community. Can co–teaching work in your school? Listen […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Kindergarten, Montessori Education, The International Montessori Council
Guiding a Montessori elementary class is a unique challenge, a critical and essential component of which is organizing instruction. Success in this realm requires certain underlying knowledge and understanding. This article contains three sections which aim to address the teacher’s and administrator’s need for essential background information. The first section is Curriculum. This addresses the […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Discipline, Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Education, Montessori students, Montessori Teachers, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Video, Webcasts / IMC
Click to Download PDF Ground Rules 2.0 Michael and the panel explore how we establish ground rules in Montessori classrooms. Stop that! Be quiet! Use your inside voice! Walk in the classroom! Put your work away! Are these rule statements? Do statements like this help or hinder establishing proper codes of behavior? Why? What rules and […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
What is curriculum? Does Montessori even have one? How does it work? Dr. Michael Dorer wraps up this three-part series on Curriculum by looking at these seminal questions. Together, we will then unpack curriculum jargon, and clarify what it does. While focusing on the Children’s House and Elementary, Michael will also touch on curriculum from […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Administrators, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Video, Webcasts / IMC
What is curriculum? Does Montessori even have one? How does it work? Dr. Michael Dorer continues the second in this three-part series on Curriculum by looking at these seminal questions. Together, we will then unpack curriculum jargon, and clarify what it does. While focusing on the Children’s House and Elementary, Michael will also touch on […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Early Adolescence (12-15), Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Administrators, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
What is curriculum? Does Montessori even have one? How does it work? Dr. Michael Dorer will start this three-part series on Curriculum by looking at these seminal questions. Together, we will then unpack curriculum jargon, and clarify what it does. While focusing on the Children’s House and Elementary, Michael will also touch on curriculum from […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Imagination, Kindergarten, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, Science, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
Take a Deep Breath! Get Inspired! Having an atmosphere of inspiration can perk up and deeply enhance any Montessori program. But, how to be inspiring? Be part of this webinar with Michael Dorer to consider ten Strategies for Inspiration. Your classroom and your school can be an inspiring place, brimming with enthusiasm. Breathe deeply! Now […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Mathematics, Montessori Teachers, The International Montessori Council
Hitch your wagon to a star — Emerson “Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are.” he words above were the opening lines of Jane Taylor’s classic work The Star (1806). Famous today as a nursery rhyme and song, Taylor’s timeless poem refers to the twinkling stars high above us. Fascinating stars also […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
Download PDF of slides This is the recording of the second in the series of 3 webinars about Impressionist Geography by Dr. Michael Dorer. Imagination is the most powerful force for learning for elementary school children. Michael presents and discusses Impressionistic Geography, a set of 60 charts or posters covering 97 topics, including 42 experiments and 92 […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Imagination, Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
Download PDF of slides This is the recording of the second in the series of 3 webinars about Impressionist Geography by Dr. Michael Dorer. Imagination is the most powerful force for learning for elementary school children. Michael presents and discusses Impressionistic Geography, a set of 60 charts or posters covering 97 topics, including 42 experiments and […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Imagination, Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
Download PDF of slides This is the recording of the third in the series of 3 webinars about Impressionist Geography by Dr. Michael Dorer. Imagination is the most powerful force for learning for elementary school children. Michael presents and discusses Impressionistic Geography, a set of 60 charts or posters covering 97 topics, including 42 experiments and […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Imagination, Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori students, Parent Education, Primary (3-6), Science, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC, Writing
Download PDF of slides Is Montessori education purely a reality-based program or is it a means of stimulating and developing the imagination? Are these two goals incompatible or complimentary? Michael and Tim discuss the meaning of imagination, kinds of imagination, its role in Montessori schools, and to compare it in Montessori to conventional schools. We compare and contrast imagination in both the […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
Download PDF of slides The great lessons slides This week Dr. Michael Dorer presented the second in a two-part webcast on The Great Lessons. The Great Lessons provide the framework upon which all of the elementary curricula depends. They are the source for all further studies in history, geography, science, language, mathematics, geometry, art, biology, […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Lower Elementary (6-9), Maria Montessori, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
Download PDF of slides v The Great Lessons provide the framework upon which all of the elementary Montessori curriculum depends. They are the source for all further studies in history, geography, science, language, mathematics, geometry, art, biology, music, and more. Literally, every single elementary lesson can be linked to these five Great Lessons. The Great […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, The International Montessori Council
Stories are one of the creative underpinnings of the Montessori approach. n Montessori teacher education, we begin with the story of Maria Montessori, her life, her discoveries, and her genius. As we implement the Method, stories become an integral component of every aspect of our daily interactions with the children. We share the stories of […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Primary (3-6), The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Video, Webcasts / IMC
Michael Dorer continues to look at the role of independence in Montessori education and child development. Let’s find out what it’s about! This is the second part of a two-part series on the importance of independence. We’ll review briefly last week’s material and then look at what can be done to encourage independence in elementary […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Language, Mathematics, MFA, Montessori Parenting, Primary (3-6), Reading
omework is intended to support children and their development. This can sometimes mean familiar homework like regular practice on memory work, such as basic math tables. It should also mean expanding the creative and integrative work that the children do from the classroom to the wider world. In this sense ‘homework’ is any activity that […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Kindergarten, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Primary (3-6), Psychology, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Video, Webcasts / IMC
This week Dr. Michael Dorer led a topic of interest to both school administrators and teachers: Independence – Let me do it myself! This may be the defining mantra of Montessori education. Why is that? What does it mean? Is it really all that important? We celebrated America’s Independence Day (July 4) by looking […]
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