by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Montessori Parenting, Outdoor Education / Resources, Practical Life
“Set the children free, let them have fair play, let them run out when it is raining, take off their shoes when they find pools of water, and when the grass of the meadows is damp with dew, let them run about with bare feet and trample on it; let them rest quietly when the […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Maria Montessori, Mathematics, Montessori Education, Montessori students, Planes of Development, Primary (3-6), Sensitive Periods, Sensorial, The International Montessori Council
The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. It lays the whole basis for his character and social behavior” Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) believed that children have an inner directive for their optimum self-construction and that concentration was the key to their natural development. This was perhaps one of her major contributions to the […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Maria Montessori, Mindfulness, Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, Montessori Teachers, Prepared Environment, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue
“The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. It lays the whole basis for his character and social behavior.” (Montessori, 1988, p.202) Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) believed that children have an inner directive for their optimum self-construction and that concentration is the key to their natural development. This was perhaps one of her major […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Empowerment, Maria Montessori, MFA, Mindfulness, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Peace Education, Practical Life, Prepared Environment, Research
“The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. It lays the whole basis for his character and social behavior.” (Montessori, 1988, p.202) Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) believed that children have an inner directive for their optimum self-construction and that concentration is the key to their natural development. This was perhaps one of her major […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Early Adolescence (12-15), Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Mixed Ages, Primary (3-6), Sensorial, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue, Upper Elementary (9-12), Young Adolescent, Young Adults
Chinese New Year must be around the corner, for our school is decked in red and gold. Chinese New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar Calendar, sometime in January or February each year. It marks the coming of spring and new beginnings and is usually a two-week celebration. As in other cultures, there are […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Maria Montessori, Montessori Education, The International Montessori Council
With the Second World War over, Maria Montessori and her son, Mario, returned from India and came to live in Amsterdam. This was a very busy time for Dr. Montessori, affectionately known as Mammolina by teachers and students “to whom she had become a symbol of hopefulness for humanity, of the kind of optimism necessary […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Lower Elementary (6-9), Maria Montessori, Mindfulness, Mixed Ages, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, Practical Life, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue
“Practical Life activities keep children at the leading edge of their skill development, building their intelligence, deepening their concentration, and giving them a new appreciation of their expanding capabilities.” —Lillard and Jessen (2008) It was during my recent consultation visit to a Montessori school in India that I found myself required to convince others, more […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Imagination, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Kindergarten, Language, Language & Reading, Lower Elementary (6-9), Maria Montessori, Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, Reading, The International Montessori Council
“You may have tangible wealth untold: Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than you can never be. I had a mother who read to me.” —Strickland Gillian Cuddling up with my mother and being read to by her is probably one of my most favorite memories of my childhood; and well past the […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Early Adolescence (12-15), Kindergarten, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, The International Montessori Council
“You may have tangible wealth untold: Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I or you can never be. I had a mother who read to me.” —Strickland Gillian Cuddling up with my mother and being read to by her is probably one of my most favorite memories of my childhood; and well […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Archived Issues / Montessori Leadership, Maria Montessori, Mixed Ages, Peace Education, The International Montessori Council
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time and one of the biggest challenges facing the international community today. Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate and Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town alerts us to this fact: “Climate change is the greatest human-induced crisis facing the world today. It is totally indiscriminate of […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Brain Development, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Language, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Psychology
common misperception is that exposure to multiple languages causes brain confusion and leads to delayed speech and literacy in young children. In reality, however, a bilingual environment fosters cognitive development and increases creativity, concentration, productivity, and problem-solving skills. As early as the womb, humans are able to distinguish between multiple languages and are able to […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Maria Montessori, Montessori Education, The International Montessori Council
have been told I need to meet Raji teacher. Before I know it, an older woman ushers me into a small red car and we careen down the back alleys of Chennai, India. We arrive at a garden-level flat, where two grinning women in earthy silk saris and jasmine flowers dangling from their hair greet […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Montessori Administrators, The International Montessori Council
ouldn’t it be cool to have a school in a historic hangar?” I asked my friend. We had been driving around Lowry (the site of the former Air Force Base in Colorado) for well over an hour, looking for a suitable site to open a preschool. Five real estate agents had given us the very […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Montessori students, The International Montessori Council
love the Netherlands. I who, having no native country had hoped that it might become my fatherland, and I still hope it will. Yours, Anne M. Frank … … says the writing on the wall above the entrance of the Montessori school, where Anne Frank used to be a student. Sadly, we know that her […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | Free Reads, MFA, Montessori Administrators, School Resources
“Wouldn’t it be cool to have a school in a historic hangar?” I asked my friend. We had been driving around Lowry (the site of the former Air Force Base in Colorado) for well over an hour, looking for a suitable site to open a preschool. Five real estate agents had...
by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, Prepared Environment
et the child free, let them have fair play, let them run out when it is raining, take off their shoes when they find pools of water, and when the grass of the meadows is damp with dew, let them run about with bare feet and trample on it; let them rest quietly when the […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | MFA, Montessori Education
incent Van Gogh’s bedroom in the Yellow House in Arles, with its bed pressed into the corner of a sky blue room, a table with bottles and pitchers, clothes hanging on hooks and paintings adorning the walls, has hung in our classroom at Montessori Casa International from the time we opened our doors. We had […]
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