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Workbooks – Is there a place for them in Authentic Montessori

Workbooks – Is there a place for them in Authentic Montessori

by | Child's Work, Educational Program Coordination, Effective Boards, Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Materials, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, Prepared Environment, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12)

How Do We Judge Success?

How Do We Judge Success?

by | Educational Program Coordination, Montessori Administrators, The International Montessori Council

It seems to me that independent, scientific proof of the success of the Montessori approach will do a lot of good for Montessori Schools — but it carries inherent dangers as well. When we judge whether something is effective or successful, we need to consider that definition of success in the context of our goals. […]

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Montessori Education in a Time of Physical Distancing: Is the Use of Digital Technology Appropriate in the Context of Montessori Philosophy?

Montessori Education in a Time of Physical Distancing: Is the Use of Digital Technology Appropriate in the Context of Montessori Philosophy?

by | Computers in the Classroom, Covid, Free Reads, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Prepared Environment, The International Montessori Council

Maria Montessori, in an address in 1936 entitled “For Peace,” (2007) discussed how the technologies of her day had brought humankind together and had created a single “great nation” (pp. 24-26): By becoming a single nation, we have finally realized the unconscious...
Discipline Alternatives: For The Montessori Classroom & Home

Discipline Alternatives: For The Montessori Classroom & Home

by | Communication, Discipline, Free Reads, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Teachers, Parent Education, Tomorrow's Child

“The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty … Discipline is, therefore, primarily a learning experience and less a punitive experience if appropriately dealt with.” —Maria Montessori Teachers spend...
Some Thoughts on Staff Interactions

Some Thoughts on Staff Interactions

by | Archived Issues / Montessori Leadership, The International Montessori Council

t The Montessori Foundation, we regularly receive queries regarding policies for relationships between staff and parents. Many school heads express concerns over issues ranging from staff being “friends” with parents on Facebook, to babysitting for school families, to … in some cases, actual romantic involvements. The issues span those which are merely internal or personal […]

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Evaluating & Reporting on Student Progress in a Montessori School

by | Archived Issues / Montessori Leadership, Montessori Administrators, The International Montessori Council

“Here is the essential principle of education: to teach details is to bring confusion; to establish the relationship between things is to bring knowledge.”— Maria Montessori, Childhood to Adolescence he Montessori curriculum is carefully structured and sequenced, and teachers maintain careful records of each child’s progress. Because Montessori Schools do not compare students against arbitrary […]

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Understanding Curriculum: Why It Is Important To Have an Understanding of Curriculum Theory in the Montessori Context

by | Montessori Administrators, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

There is widespread confusion about the meaning of the word “curriculum.” One’s approach to curriculum reflects one’s perceptions, values, and knowledge. A curriculum approach reflects a holistic position or a meta-orientation, encompassing curriculum’s foundations (a...