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by Jocelyn Bell Swanson, MEd | Adolescence, Brain Development, Early Adolescence (12-15), Later Adolescence (15-18), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Psychology
ust when parents think they have it down—that their child is gracious and engaged, academically sound if not accelerated, physically coordinated and mature—the kid goes and turns into an adolescent! Sometimes coming of age is a slow boil. And other times it’s like adding rice stick noodles into a wok full of oil. I absolutely […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Administrators, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Video, Webcasts / IMC
What is curriculum? Does Montessori even have one? How does it work? Dr. Michael Dorer continues the second in this three-part series on Curriculum by looking at these seminal questions. Together, we will then unpack curriculum jargon, and clarify what it does. While focusing on the Children’s House and Elementary, Michael will also touch on […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Early Adolescence (12-15), Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Administrators, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
What is curriculum? Does Montessori even have one? How does it work? Dr. Michael Dorer will start this three-part series on Curriculum by looking at these seminal questions. Together, we will then unpack curriculum jargon, and clarify what it does. While focusing on the Children’s House and Elementary, Michael will also touch on curriculum from […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Imagination, Kindergarten, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, Science, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
Take a Deep Breath! Get Inspired! Having an atmosphere of inspiration can perk up and deeply enhance any Montessori program. But, how to be inspiring? Be part of this webinar with Michael Dorer to consider ten Strategies for Inspiration. Your classroom and your school can be an inspiring place, brimming with enthusiasm. Breathe deeply! Now […]
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by Sharon Caldwell | Montessori Secondary / High School, The International Montessori Council
i! We are the secondary students of Bogor Montessori School, the first Secondary Montessori school in Indonesia. We would like to share our ‘Live-In’ experience in Jogjakarta. Every academic year, we have a ‘Live-In’ program. During a Live In, the students stay in a house and follow the routines of our foster parents according […]
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by Sharon Caldwell | Adolescence, Montessori Secondary / High School, The International Montessori Council
Introduction: Why would Montessori Leadership be publishing two articles by middle and high school students? These articles grew out of discussions I had with the students of two schools in Indonesia: Jakarta Montessori School and Bogor Montessori School. I was in Indonesia for a Conference hosted by the Indonesian Montessori Society and met the students […]
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by The Montessori Foundation | Adolescence, Archived Issues / Tomorrow's Child, Early Adolescence (12-15), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Secondary / High School, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue
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by Tim Seldin | Adolescence, Brain Development, Children with Exceptionalities, Early Adolescence (12-15), Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Primary (3-6), Psychology, Research, The International Montessori Council, Webcasts / IMC
On October 14, 2015, we were joined by Dr. Steve Hughes. As a board-certified pediatric neuropsychologist, Dr. Hughes also specializes in assessment and treatment planning for persons who have problems with attention, concentration, organization, planning, and related executive functions. His topic was The value of concentration in developing agency.
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by Tim Seldin | Adolescence, Brain Development, Early Adolescence (12-15), Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Parent Education, Planes of Development, Primary (3-6), Psychology, Research, Sensitive Periods, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
On September 25th, 2014, neurologist and Montessori researcher Steve Hughes and Montessori Foundation President, Tim Seldin, sat down to discuss his work and how modern brain science supports Montessori education worldwide. As Steve puts it, Montessori builds better brains. v
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by Steve Hughes, MD | Adolescence, Brain Development, Early Adolescence (12-15), Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Maria Montessori, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Parent Education, Planes of Development, Primary (3-6), Psychology, Research, Sensitive Periods, The International Montessori Council, Video
Dr. Steve Hughes, Neuro-psychologist and Brain Scientist, examines the basic assumptions of education today, and shows how an entirely different framework, first articulated by Dr. Maria Montessori over 100 years ago, conforms to what we now know about optimizing social, emotional, cognitive, and academic development.
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Primary (3-6), The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Video, Webcasts / IMC
Michael Dorer continues to look at the role of independence in Montessori education and child development. Let’s find out what it’s about! This is the second part of a two-part series on the importance of independence. We’ll review briefly last week’s material and then look at what can be done to encourage independence in elementary […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Kindergarten, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Primary (3-6), Psychology, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Video, Webcasts / IMC
This week Dr. Michael Dorer led a topic of interest to both school administrators and teachers: Independence – Let me do it myself! This may be the defining mantra of Montessori education. Why is that? What does it mean? Is it really all that important? We celebrated America’s Independence Day (July 4) by looking […]
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by Patricia De Leon | Adolescence, Early Adolescence (12-15), Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Secondary / High School, Planes of Development, Psychology
rowing up as a Montessori child in Mexico shaped much of my life and gave me a great passion to teach. Learning with the beautiful and precise Montessori materials led me to become fascinated with the language of mathematics and geometry, and, as I watched older students discover them as I had, I discovered a […]
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by Tim Seldin | Adolescence, Early Adolescence (12-15), Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Later Adolescence (15-18), MFA, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, The International Montessori Council
EDITOR’S NOTE: After more than one hundred years, most educators acknowledge that the Montessori Method is a great way to give young learners a strong foundation for a lifetime of learning. Just mention ‘Montessori’ and almost everyone you meet will say something like, “Oh, yes, my kids went to Montessori,” or they know somebody whose […]
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by Paul Epstein, PhD | Adolescence, Brain Development, Early Adolescence (12-15), MFA, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students
Adolescent development is guided by self-expression, trust, commitment, and new ways of thinking. The ideal environment for the adolescent is a small learning community which mirrors adult society. spoke recently with a friend about a course I led in Warsaw, Poland for teachers. The focus of the course concerned the design and implementation of Montessori […]
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by Jonathan Wolff | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Kindergarten, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Administrators, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Video, Webcasts / IMC
This week, Jonathan Wolff, Kath Leitch, and Michael Dorer explored the topic of how we can take a look back at the school year that is ending, and use the insights we can glean from that reflection to strengthen our programs, special events, and Montessori practice. “What can we celebrate?” Let’s take a look back […]
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by Tim Seldin | Adolescence, Early Adolescence (12-15), Later Adolescence (15-18), MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Secondary / High School
hanks to people just like us, my grandchildren (and your children) will have the opportunity to graduate from a Montessori high school. Our youngest grandchild, Hudson, is only 15 months old. He has been a Montessori student since he was 10-weeks-old, and he is blossoming. Fifteen months old? Why are we thinking about his high […]
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by Tim Seldin | Adolescence, Early Adolescence (12-15), Later Adolescence (15-18), MFA, Montessori Administrators, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Upper Elementary (9-12)
Montessori Extends through High School veryone remembers their high school years. Few of us want to remember middle school. And no one, except perhaps our mothers, remembers the preschool that we attended until we were old enough to go to ‘real school.’ But wait, that may be true for most of us, but it is […]
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