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Montessori Builds Innovators

Montessori Builds Innovators

here are strident disagreements these days over every aspect of American educational policy, except for one. Everyone thinks it would be great if we could better teach students how to innovate. So shouldn’t we be paying a great deal of attention to the educational method that produced, among others, Larry Page, Sergei Brin, Jeff Bezos, […]

Creating an Indoor Playground for Your Infant

Creating an Indoor Playground for Your Infant

  Lorna will show you how to create an indoor play yard for your baby or your grandbaby. When the little one starts to move around on his own, it’s time to create a space for him that is safe, engaging, and fun!

Webinar:  OCCI (Order, Concentration, Coordination, and Independence) in the Elementary Years

Webinar: OCCI (Order, Concentration, Coordination, and Independence) in the Elementary Years

  <br>   Some may say, “What is OCCI?” Some may say, “I thought OCCI was just during the Primary years.” Cheryl says, “Let’s see how we can continue to support the development of order, concentration, coordination, and independence during the elementary years.” Join us for some interesting insights.

Webinar:  Montessori for All Learners/ Special Needs / Pt 1

Webinar: How to Raise an Amazing Child

Author, Tim Seldin, talks about the 2nd edition of his practical guide to parenting the Montessori Way called How to Raise an Amazing Child. In this new edition Tim introduces some new topics of interest to parents.

Video Interview with Soon-to-Be Montessori Grads

Video Interview with Soon-to-Be Montessori Grads

This is a video interview with six soon-to-be Montessori grads from NewGate School. Join us for their thoughts on Montessori life and the world beyond.

The Lessons In Practical Life Skills

The Lessons In Practical Life Skills

“For all the money that we spend on tuition, why does my child spend his day washing tables?” here is this wonderful photograph from the early years of this last century that captured a small child in a Montessori school carefully ladling soup into bowls for his fellow students’ lunch. I’m sure that his parents […]

What Outcomes Can We Look for from Montessori?

What Outcomes Can We Look for from Montessori?

here are eight primary aspects to what we normally look for in children who have grown up with a Montessori education: Academic Preparation: Montessori prepares students both for higher education and for life. On an academic level, Montessori helps students attain skills that allow them to become independently functioning adults and life-long learners.Intrinsic Motivation: Innate […]

The Referral

The Referral

t was her second visit in a week. Mrs. Jones described her son as kind and gentle, a truly sweet child, but retiring, even cautious. “Would Post Oak admit him as a five-year-old?” We would consider it.Though we ordinarily admit children at three or younger, some older children do enter successfully. Until now he has […]

What is Most Important in Montessori?

he Montessori approach is often described as an education for life. When we try to define what children take away from their years in Montessori, we need to expand our vision to include more than just the basic academic skills. Normally, Americans think of a school as a place where one generation passes down basic […]

An Odyssey

t is an Odyssey, a true adventure, for the 18-month old child to walk with her teacher through the halls and gardens of Post Oak School to get the mail.  The act of walking itself is her focus.  It is an accomplishment just getting all the way there and all the way back to the […]

A Letter from a Montessori Child to Start the School Year

Dear Mom or Dad, s you know I’ll be starting school again real soon, and I can’t wait. I overheard you the other day saying to your friend that you can’t wait for school to start too. I’m glad you’re as excited as I am! It’s going to be a great school year, I can […]

Make the Most of It

t could be the motto on his coat of arms—his attitude toward life. In fact, it’s what Post Oak School graduate Darrell DeVera said to explain his wide-ranging activities first at Strake Jesuit High School, then at St. Thomas University.  In order to find a niche for himself in a large high school, Darrell joined […]