by Tim Seldin | Kindergarten, MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Primary (3-6)
t’s re-enrollment time again, and in thousands of Montessori schools all over America parents of four-almost-five-year-olds are trying to decide whether or not they should keep their sons and daughters in the final year of their primary Montessori experience or send them off to kindergarten in local, non-Montessori schools. The advantages of using the local […]
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by Tim Seldin | Book Reviews, Brain Development, Family Resources, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, School Resources
By recognizing, accommodating, and celebrating our children’s different personalities, we show that the world welcomes them as individuals. Understanding Personality Types When you were young, were you the child who ran into class, excited to be there, or were you hesitant? Were you the most popular one in class, or often alone? Did you enjoy […]
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by Tim Seldin | Brain Development, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Montessori Teachers, Practical Life
A caring family life and an environment rich in activities, offers everything a child needs to develop higher-level brain processes. n 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 […]
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by Tim Seldin | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Prepared Environment, Primary (3-6), Psychology, Sensitive Periods
ontessori believed in a necessary relationship between children and their environment. Children must find a properly prepared environment if they are to fully develop their unique human potentials. In addition to determining children’s eventual height, hair color, and other physical characteristics, there is another cognitive plan which determines the unique emotional and intellectual qualities of […]
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by Tim Seldin | Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Montessori Teachers, Parent Education, Peace Education, The International Montessori Council, Webcasts / IMC
Tim Seldin, Jon Wolff, and Kathy Leitch present Part 1 of Building Healthy and Harmonious Schools We discuss strategies that we find help Montessori schools to build school communities that are healthy, harmonious and stable. It stems from the idea of clarity about your school’s unique identity and builds on our traditions of […]
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by Tim Seldin | Family Resources, Infant, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Parenting on the Same Page, Primary (3-6), School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Video, Webinars / MFA
Author, Tim Seldin, talks about the 2nd edition of his practical guide to parenting the Montessori Way called How to Raise an Amazing Child. In this new edition Tim introduces some new topics of interest to parents.
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by Tim Seldin | Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Primary (3-6), The International Montessori Council, Video
On May 1e were joined by Jan Selby and Vina Kay to talk about their highly anticipated video documentary project, Building The Pink Tower. We shared some clips from the film, but the real story is how two Montessori parents came to the conclusion that they could use their skills to help. “Building the Pink […]
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by Tim Seldin | MFA, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education
n February 2017, Darla Prescott (Directress of Academics and Education) and Austin Smigel (Director of Administration and Finance) asked me to return to a school that I first worked with in 2000. At the time of my first visit, Washington Montessori Charter School was brand new. It occupied rented space in a small East Carolina […]
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by Tim Seldin | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers
hen we use the term “traditional education” we don’t mean to suggest that all of the other schools which are not officially “Montessori programs” are therefore “traditional.” Montessori schools do not have a monopoly on the things that we believe and do in our classrooms, and a growing number of innovative teachers and child-centered educational […]
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by Tim Seldin | Montessori Education, The International Montessori Council
n 2011, Trust for Learning invested in what would become a multi-year convening process of the Montessori leadership across the country, which encouraged them to think big for the first time, as well as to establish trust in the idea of working collaboratively, not in the interest of any one organization, but rather in the […]
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by Tim Seldin | MFA, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, The International Montessori Council
A white paper from The Center for Montessori in the Public Sector Downloaded and shared with permission from http://public-montessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Three-Year-Age-Spans-in-Upper-Elementary.pdf Key Points: Montessori education is uniquely designed to maximize the benefits of seamless educational pathways designed in 3-year increments. Learners benefit academically and socially from three –year mixed-age groupings. It is accepted practice for public Montessori schools […]
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by Tim Seldin | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, School Resources, Video
In 2013, Trevor Eissler challenged the Montessori Community to prepare 60 second elevator speeches to explain Montessori in a nutshell. Here is one done on the spot by Montessori Foundation President, Tim Seldin. There are several videos in the series that we have included in the members’ library.
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by Tim Seldin | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Montessori Teachers
he Montessori approach is often described as an education for life. When we try to define what children take away from their years in Montessori, we need to expand our vision to include more than just the basic academic skills. Normally, Americans think of a school as a place where one generation passes down […]
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by Tim Seldin | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, School Resources, Video
This is a talk given by Tim Seldin at the Montessori Foundation conference in Hong Kong presented to parents at the International Montessori School of Hong Kong. It is more than an hour, but may be interesting. In this presentation, Tim speaks about Montessori, child development, and Montessori’s lasting impact on children.
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by Tim Seldin | Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Upper Elementary (9-12)
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by Tim Seldin | MFA, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Video
Washington Montessori Public Charter School, in Washington, North Carolina, is an interesting Montessori school that has about 400 students from age 3 through high school. Their website is www.wmpcs.org
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by Tim Seldin | MFA, Montessori Education, Practical Life, Primary (3-6)
“For all the money that we spend on tuition, why does my child spend his day washing tables?” here is this wonderful photograph from the early years of this last century that captured a small child in a Montessori school carefully ladling soup into bowls for his fellow students’ lunch. I’m sure that his parents […]
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