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by John Long | Kindergarten, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students
he five-year-old walked to the shelf to get a little tray containing six pictures. He brought them back to his work rug where he had a movable alphabet, a box of sorted, individual letters. He also had a card that said “ee” that went with the set of pictures he had chosen. Within five minutes […]
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by Tim Seldin | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers
t may take a moment to spot the teachers within the environment. The Montessori teacher’s role is quite different from the role played by teachers in many schools. They are generally not the center of attention, and they spend little time giving large group lessons. Their role centers around the preparation and organization of appropriate […]
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by Sharon Caldwell | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life
nce upon a time, a group of parents decided to get together and start a Montessori School. They searched far and wide for a teacher and eventually decided to employ an Owl, she was well trained but in addition had spent some time traveling and had an understanding of animals in diverse situations.Furthermore, she had […]
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by John Long | MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education
hat was a question asked by an upper elementary student during a class meeting last week. “Why don’t we have grades at Post Oak?” The spirit of the question, and the interested looks from the questioner’s classmates, suggested that this was more of a “Tell-us-about-Dr.-Montessori”-kind-of-question rather than an appeal for a missing entree at the banquet […]
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by Dr. Paul Czaja | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers
ot only new parents but also experienced visiting educators wonder how our Montessori teachers work their magic. They do not see our Montessorians doing anything special. They just seem to be there. Sometimes it is even hard to find them in the room. There are the children all spread out doing different things in different […]
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by Marc Seldin | Maria Montessori, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Peace Education, The International Montessori Council
he four-year-old girls were good friends, but now they’re angry. One said something to the other, tempers flared, and a friendship is in jeopardy. Fortunately, the children are in a Montessori classroom. Montessori schools use many techniques for harmony, but in this classroom they have a peace rose. One little girl retrieves the flower from […]
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by Tim Seldin | Kindergarten, Montessori Administrators, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, Parent Education, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council
any schools face the challenge of convincing more parents of 5 year-olds to stay on for elementary. I wrote the enclosed letters for one school to send out over the Head’s signature. I thought that you might find them useful in preparing an evening and invitation to attend of your own. Many schools send home […]
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by Tim Seldin | Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Free Reads, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Administrators, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Montessori Teachers, Parent Education, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council
Having sent a child to Montessori for the first three years, by now you have probably got a young person who is very full of herself, very self-assured, independent, and who absolutely loves to go to school. As your child approaches the end of her third year in the...
by Tim Seldin | MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, Parent Education, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, The International Montessori Council
ometimes parents worry that by having younger children in the same class as older ones, one group or the other will be shortchanged. They fear that the younger children will absorb the teachers’ time and attention, or that the importance of covering the kindergarten curriculum for the five-year-olds will prevent them from giving the three- […]
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by Kathy Leitch | Montessori Administrators, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Webcasts / IMC
A webcast with Tim Seldin, Kathy Leitch, and Michael Dorer. A Montessori Horizontal Curriculum What kind of Montessori curriculum does your school have? We look at curriculum offerings in terms of their overall direction. A curriculum can have three directions: vertical, horizontal, or something in between. Michael talked about these directions. so that you […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Montessori students, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, The International Montessori Council
Here is a list of essential Montessori furniture. https://www.montessori.org/assets/dynamic_image/content/content_file_36644_82859.pdf
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by Tim Seldin | Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council
This is a very clear article written by Marta Donahoe with Penny Cichucki, Sheila Coad-Bernard, Betsy Coe, and Barb Scholtz. Our thanks to our colleagues at the Cincinnati Montessori Secondary Teacher Education Program http://cmstep.com/wp-content/uploads/Articles-Whats-the-Difference-Best-Practices-the-Montessori-Secondary-Program.pdf
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Montessori Education, Montessori Teachers, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Webcasts / IMC
In this webcast, Dr. Michael Dorer discussed Ground Rules – What Are they? How should we use them? Establishing and maintaining sensible and fair ground rules is a necessity in any Montessori classroom. Many classes and schools, often in the elementary levels and above struggle with this important foundation. Michael will discuss what ground rules are […]
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by Margot Garfield-Anderson | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting
his past year several of my Montessori colleagues and friends became first- time grandparents. What a special gift they have all received. As Montessori guides, administrators, and practitioners what a gift they bring to the table. Because Montessori taught us all to be keen observers and to not rush in and “do” for children when […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, Prepared Environment
et the child free, let them have fair play, let them run out when it is raining, take off their shoes when they find pools of water, and when the grass of the meadows is damp with dew, let them run about with bare feet and trample on it; let them rest quietly when the […]
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by John Long | Brain Development, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting
hose babies are so cute! They are carried in by their mothers to the prepared environment beside my office. Of course, this causes me to sometimes drop what I’m doing in order to observe them. I can’t help myself. Ashley Montague wrote in Growing Young that there is an evolutionary advantage to a baby’s cuteness. […]
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by John Long | Kindergarten, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting
Childhood is a time to have fun. At Post Oak the children are always working. Don’t Montessori children have fun?” This is a good, honest question that seeks out the nature of early childhood education, in fact, the very nature of childhood. This question perfectly expresses a mistake we adults often make in thinking about […]
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by Tim Seldin | Language, Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Education, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Video
Possibly one of the most important goals we have as Montessorians is to aid in the expansive growth of the children’s vocabulary. From the beginnings in infancy, through the sensitive period for language, and up through the elementary years; words, nomenclature, expression, and the precise application of language are central to Montessori programs. Join […]
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