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Dear Cathie

Dear Cathie

by | Communication, Discipline, Emotionally Healthy Children, Empowerment, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Family Life, Peace Education, Planes of Development, Psychology, Sensitive Periods, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue, Upper Elementary (9-12)

Dear Cathie— My children are not always nice to each other, and they sometimes admit they have been unkind to others at school or on play dates as well. I want them to learn to be kind and respectful. I have been expecting them to say “I’m sorry” when they act in this manner, such […]

Montessori Grandparenting: Let’s Do An Experiment

Montessori Grandparenting: Let’s Do An Experiment

by | Child's Work, Empowerment, Kindergarten, MFA, Planes of Development, Science, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue

My very enthusiastic 6-year-old granddaughter, Aubrey, is very into experiments. She’s a Kindergarten student and her love of learning is made evident by her desire to try to learn new things outside her classroom. And, let’s face it, she knows I’m all in on anything she wants to try out when I’m there for a […]

Motivating Adolescent Students: With Practical Life Experiences

Motivating Adolescent Students: With Practical Life Experiences

by | Empowerment, Maria Montessori, MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori students, Planes of Development, Practical Life, Tomorrow's Child, Young Adults

“The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence.” —Maria Montessori What motivates adolescents to do their best work? Most would agree that programs that support student...
The Power Of Forgiveness

The Power Of Forgiveness

by | Communication, Emotionally Healthy Children, Empowerment, MFA, Mindfulness, Mixed Ages, Montessori Parenting, Peace Education, Planes of Development, Sensitive Periods, Tomorrow's Child

New studies look at forgiveness To earn his doctorate in counseling and health psychology from Stanford in 1997, Fred Luskin had to write a dissertation. At the time, Luskin was furious with a friend. To complete his graduation requirement and to cope with the pain, Luskin researched and wrote about forgiveness. “I couldn’t do it. […]

63 Fun Questions to Get Your Kid Talking

63 Fun Questions to Get Your Kid Talking

by | Child's Work, Communication, Empowerment, MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Parenting, Planes of Development, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue, Young Adolescent, Young Adults

Children ask questions—lots of questions. But you can turn the tables! Here are 63 fun suggestions to get a conversation started. Kids ask a lot of questions. Sometimes the questions repeat themselves. Most of the time we’ve answered them over and over. And let’s be honest, we’ve been known to ignore one or two here and […]

Using he Montessori method To Build The Whole Child

Using he Montessori method To Build The Whole Child

by | Empowerment, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary (6-9), Maria Montessori, Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, Montessori students, Montessori Teachers, Planes of Development, Prepared Environment, Sensitive Periods, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue

The Montessori method develops the child’s disposition and attitude, self-confidence, and self-esteem. Children’s learning is reflected in the level of motivation and interest they show in their work, and in their ability to concentrate and finish what they start. Children are scientists and have a tendency to explore their world. They learn about who they […]

Open Mind Open Heart

Open Mind Open Heart

by | Children with Exceptionalities, Communication, Empowerment, MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, Montessori students, Montessori Teachers, Planes of Development, School Leadership, Sensitive Periods, Sensorial, The International Montessori Council

From my first observation in a Montessori classroom, I recognized how consistent it was with much about my field of special education. Up to that point, I had worked in a variety of settings from a public-school program to an in-patient psychiatric unit and with children from four to seventeen years of age. It immediately […]

Children Learn Best When Parents Learn With Them

Children Learn Best When Parents Learn With Them

by | Empowerment, Maria Montessori, MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Parent Education, Parent-Teacher Communication, Planes of Development, Practical Life, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

I used to think that our school’s mission was solely about each student and his/her learning; now I know that our mission also includes the parent as a learner. My personal journey from “I used to think…but now I know” occurred through observation and research during my 30 years in leadership at Kingsley Montessori in […]

A Letter From The Executive Director

A Letter From The Executive Director

by | Montessori Administrators, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Planes of Development, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

Dear IMC Members: We begin 2019 having completed 20 years of the International Montessori Council’s presence and impact in the Montessori community! As I look forward to the next 20 years, I wonder what the state of Montessori education will be 20 years hence.  Will we continue to build bridges across schools, organizations, and pedagogies? […]

Grandparenting Terrific Teens!

Grandparenting Terrific Teens!

by | Adolescence, Early Adolescence (12-15), Later Adolescence (15-18), MFA, Montessori Family Life, Planes of Development, Webinars / MFA, Young Adolescent

Sometimes grandparents find it difficult to plan time together with older grandchildren because of the children’s (and family’s) busy schedule, discomfort about how to connect with children from this the technological age, or not knowing exactly what to do to engage them. We want to assure you that the bond created between you and your […]

Thoughts on the New Year

Thoughts on the New Year

by | MFA, Peace Education, Planes of Development, The International Montessori Council, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue, Young Adolescent, Young Adults

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” —Mother Teresa Out with the old; in with the new—year, that is. What will be different this year, this week, this day, or this moment? If you feel like you’ve fallen down the rabbit hole and, like Alice, […]

DEAR CATHIE: Growing Global Citizens

DEAR CATHIE: Growing Global Citizens

by | Empowerment, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Parenting, Planes of Development, Prepared Environment, Primary (3-6), Tomorrow's Child, Upper Elementary (9-12)

Dear Cathie— As fairly new parents, we are watching our children begin to develop into who they will be, and we realize that we should also be purposeful in molding them into the kind of people we want them to become. We are looking for ideas as to how to do that! Where do we […]

The Emotionally Healthy Classroom

The Emotionally Healthy Classroom

by | Communication, Emotionally Healthy Children, Empowerment, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Teachers, Peace Education, Planes of Development, Primary (3-6), Tomorrow's Child, Upper Elementary (9-12)

“It is our responsibility to learn to become emotionally intelligent. These are skills. They’re not easy. Nature didn’t give them to us. We have to learn them.”  —Paul Ekman Children today are more emotional, strong-willed, and reactive than ever before. They have big feelings and oftentimes don’t yet know how to constructively release them. Of […]

Montessori Discipline: Developing Inner Discipline Through Freedom and Structure

Montessori Discipline: Developing Inner Discipline Through Freedom and Structure

by | Brain Development, Discipline, Later Adolescence (15-18), MFA, Mixed Ages, Planes of Development, Practical Life, Tomorrow's Child, Upper Elementary (9-12)

Upon visiting a Montessori classroom the first time, one might wonder what magic spell has been cast upon these young children making them so calm and self-directed. Another person might look at that same class and be confused by the children’s independence, wondering where’s the discipline? These children just do as they please. Visitors commonly […]