by Tim Seldin
Especially since many schools have been forced online by Covid, we have received some letters from parents asking this question: What should we do if our child doesn’t like or bond with her teacher (in person or online)? In a normal year, our advice would typically be to first go to the teacher and try to have an honest conversation directly as adults.
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by Tim Seldin
everal months ago, my colleague and friend, Mark Powell, sent me an email asking if I would share my thoughts on computers and other digital technology with children. Mark reached out to several of us, gathering insight and reflection as he prepared an article that was eventually entitled Modernizing Montessori: Using Digital Technology to Engage […]
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by Tim Seldin
Lisa Wagoner The Montessori School of Winston-Salem, NC In a previous issue of Tomorrow’s Child (Back to School/ 2002), I had written about our school’s decision to implement an All Day Montessori program at the 3-6 level this year. Our school year began in August, and in a few short months, we have already seen […]
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by Tim Seldin
hat do Montessori children do all day? Simple. They do what they feel like doing, within the same reasonable limits that define the culture of the classrooms in the morning. When they are hungry, they eat. When tired, they sleep. They may read, write, paint or draw. They may work in the garden, watch the […]
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by Tim Seldin
How To Do Inclusion Well Lessons from Montessori Leaders
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by Tim Seldin
Webcast How To Design Facebook Ads To Target Montessori Parents For Enrollment
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by Tim Seldin
Montessori Foundation’s Lab school hires new Associate Head of School Recently, the Montessori Foundation had the opportunity to engage in a search for an AHOS for the NewGate School (NGS) in Sarasota, Florida. While this is a service we often coach schools through, we don’t often have the need to do it for our lab […]
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by Tim Seldin
The Multiplication Checkerboard is one of the most popular materials in most elementary Montessori classrooms. The colorful checkerboard materials are a step up the ladder of abstraction in the Montessori math curriculum. Think back to your own years in school. Did you ever really understand what is going on in long-multiplication? Oh, you probably memorized your multiplication tables [like […]
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by Tim Seldin
Webcast Re-enrollment, Retention, and the Role of our Faculty Tim Seldin, Patricia De Leon, Tonya Ryskind
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by Tim Seldin
Measuring What Matters Focusing on Classroom Quality Kathy Leitch, Tim Seldin, Dr. Michael Dorer, Dr. Jacqueline Cossentino
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by Tim Seldin
In essence, the brain’s executive functions allow us to plan, organize, and complete tasks. Montessori would not have recognized the term, yet most of her activities are tailor-made for these higher-brain processes. Infants, as young as seven months, start to exercise these cognitive skills with simple games like peekaboo or hiding a toy under a […]
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