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by Kath Kvols | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Start of School Year, Webinars / MFA
Lorna McGraht and Kathryn Kvols explored the issues of supporting children through the first weeks of school. Download File
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by Alfie Kohn | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers
Is this working? [taps microphone] I do believe it is! OK, if everyone can please find a seat, we’d like to get started. Thanks so much for coming out tonight! We’ve reserved plenty of time for discussion obviously I’m not going to talk at you all evening, just as our teachers don’t spend most of […]
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by Maria Kaminstein | Brain Development, Computers in the Classroom, Montessori Education, Montessori Materials, Montessori Parenting
omputers have opened up all sorts of educational opportunities in the last twenty years. Any student pursuing research, from first grade through graduate school, needs to have access to the internet, encyclopedias on CD rom, library data bases, and word processing. Most communications in universities and much of that in the professional […]
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by Vina Kay | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Primary (3-6), Video
This video was created as part of the documentary film project, Building the Pink Tower (www.buildingthepinktower.org). Co-producers, Jan Selby and Vina Kay, are contributing editors and members of the Advisory Council of the Montessori Family Alliance. We realize that you may have seen this video before, but it is worth revisiting. Montessori environments are beautiful, […]
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by Christine Lowry | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Webinars / MFA
Christine Lowry and Lorna McGrath discussing how children can help during the holiday season.
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by Christine Lowry | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Webinars / MFA
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by Forbes Magazine Online | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting
Forbes Magazine: Corporate Kindergarten: How A Montessori Mindset Can Transform Your Business Dec/ 16, 2015 Montessori kids are unique. They’re taught differently and they learn differently. Just ask 15 time Grammy Award-winning musician Yo-Yo Ma, author and Nobel Prize recipient Gabriel Garcia Marquez or the founders of Google and Amazon. As entrepreneur Peter Sims explains, […]
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by Hillary Drinkell | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Webinars / MFA
Hillary Drinkell discussed Calming and Grounding Activities for Children. Hillary is both a Montessori teacher trainer and a yoga instructor. Between them, you will learn some excellent and practical strategies to help children learn how to become calm when upset.
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by Lorna McGrath | Birthdays, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Webinars / MFA
The what, when, where, how, and why of birthday celebrations. Is there a Montessori Way for this occassion? Lorna shared her thoughts and ideas for birthdays.
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by Lorna McGrath | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Webinars / MFA
Great tips and ideas to help your child develop important executive functioning skills from a parent who knows (Ann-Marie Decillis). Download File
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by Andrew Kutt | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Webinars / MFA
Becoming Respectfully Aware of Others’ Faiths Andrew Kutt
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by Maren Stark Schmidt | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Webinars / MFA
If you keep hearing about “freedom within limits” at your child’s school but you’re not quite sure how to apply this principle at home, join us for this webcast. It is loaded with examples of real life situations and strategies for allowing freedom with responsibility.
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by Lorna McGrath | Family Resources, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Webinars / MFA
Being with young children can be a heartwarming experience as well as a challenging one at times. Lorna will explore ways of communicating and responding to them that will allow for independence while avoiding the pitfalls of power struggles and tantrums. The focus will be on expressive and receptive language and some social/emotional development. APC […]
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by Carrie Contey, PhD | Brain Development, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Webinars / MFA
Montessori Family Life host, Lorna McGrath, talks with Carrie Contey, PhD, parenting coach. In this session, Carrie shared insights on brain development and the new science of cooperation through connection. Participants will leave with their parenting tool box filled with new and effective strategies for making day-to-day family life easier, more fun and deeply satisfying. […]
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by Lorna McGrath | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Kindergarten, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Primary (3-6), Psychology, Webinars / MFA
Lorna McGrath – Why Screen Toddlers? Take a look together with Lorna at the pro’s and con’s of screening toddlers, the screening tools available, and what information would be helpful to parents and teachers as children grow and develop
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by Lorna McGrath | Maria Montessori, MFA, Montessori Education, Webinars / MFA
Magda Gerber and Maria Montessori – What Do they Have in Common? Lorna McGrath – Magda Gerber and Maria Montessori: What Do they Have in Common?In this session find out what they had to say and how their observations and insights influence our practice with infants and young children today.
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by Lorna McGrath | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, Psychology, Webinars / MFA
August 23 – Lorna McGrath – Separation Anxiety: “Yikes! I’ve got it!” In this session Lorna will focus on the young child and her first days of school – saying “Good-bye.” Who has more anxiety? You or your child? Lorna will share tips for parents to make those good byes go more smoothly and comfortably […]
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by Robin Howe, EdD | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Webinars / MFA
Are you considering starting your child in a Montessori school at four years old, 8 years old, 15 years old? Robin Howe, Associate Head of NewGate School, explains the in’s and out’s of the admission process when new older students and their families wish to start in Montessori. Schools carefully consider many factors before admitting […]
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