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A Sample Philosophy Of Curriculum

A Sample Philosophy Of Curriculum

The Barrie School Curriculum Guide: Age 3 — 12 A Philosophy Of Curriculum by Tim Seldin, Headmaster, 1971-93   The Barrie School is designed to prepare children both for university and for life. There are three key ideas that are central to our mission as a school: It is not the adult who shapes the […]

Montessori, Darwin and Telling The New Story Of Evolution

by David Loye In the beginning there was the Domination System and the Organism. Then the Love System entered life and meaningful Evolution began… This is the disarming and I hope engaging way my telling of the new story of the new story of evolution begins....
Imaginary Island Studies

Imaginary Island Studies

By Tim Seldin This is an excerpt from the Second Edition of The World In The Palm Of Her Hand. The Imaginary Island Project was developed by my friend, Harvey Hallenberg, and introduced to the Montessori community in the 1980s through the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies in Silver Spring, Maryland, which we co-founded. In […]

Great Lessons and Key Lessons

Great Lessons and Key Lessons

Great Lessons and Key Lessons derive from the psychological characteristics and needs of the child in the second plane of development. (ages 6 to 12). Lessons are not a pivotal aspect of Montessori. The role of the adult is to inspire a sense of wonder, not to teach. Lessons in a conventional sense relate to […]