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Authorized List of Montessori Materials – Dr. Michael Dorer

Authorized List of Montessori Materials – Dr. Michael Dorer

Authorized List of Montessori Materials for Montessori Classrooms Organized and Edited by Michael Dorer Contributors: Michael Dorer, Syneva Barrett, Lois Bobo, Rose Dorer, Peter Hanson, Shanna Honan, Maria Kaminstein, Angela Lord-Carsrud, Ann Luce, Chris Sacerdote, Larry Shankar, Maria Verhaal   Copyright Michael Dorer Shared with members and students on the Montessori Foundation and International Montessori […]

Washington Montessori Public Charter School

Washington Montessori Public Charter School

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 […]

“I Wish I’d Had the Courage …”

h!  A Montessori mother!” responded another woman in the needlepoint class when she heard that the children attend Post Oak School. Waiting for the other shoe to drop, the Montessori mother asked, “Where does your daughter go to school?” We’ve all been there:  the mention of Montessori evokes a response in people. Sometimes we feel […]

Montessori Bilingual Education

Montessori Bilingual Education

  Montessori Bilingual Education: Prevalence and Type of Bilingual Montessori Programs / A white paper from The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector Downloaded and shared with the National Center’;s permission from http://public-montessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Montessori-Bilingual-Brief.pdf ontessori bilingual programs are increasing in number in both the private and the public sectors. In the private sector, a bilingual school, typically, […]

The Assistant in a Montessori Classroom

A white paper from The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector. Downloaded and shared with permission from  http://public-montessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/The-Assistant-in-a-Montessori-Classroom.pdf Key Points: Assistants are key to ensuring that the complex learning environment is prepared for children. Assistants enable Montessori teachers to focus on instruction without interruption. The assistant’s broad awareness and scanning of the environment […]

Three-Year Age-Spans in Montessori Classrooms / The Benefits of the Full Upper Elementary Cycle

Three-Year Age-Spans in Montessori Classrooms / The Benefits of the Full Upper Elementary Cycle

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 […]

Video:  Montessori in a Nutshell / Hermosa Montessori School

Video: Montessori in a Nutshell / Hermosa Montessori School

In 2013, Trevor Eissler challenged the Montessori Community to prepare 60-second elevator speeches to explain Montessori in a nutshell. Here is one done by the Hermosa Montessori School, a Montessori Charter School in Tucson, Arizona. There are several videos in the series that we have included in the members’ library.