Montessori Foundation | MFA | IMC https://www.montessori.org The Online Resource of the Montessori Foundation, Montessori Family Alliance and the International Montessori Council Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:02:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://www.montessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-MF_Favicon-1-32x32.png Montessori Foundation | MFA | IMC https://www.montessori.org 32 32 Enhancing Trust Among the Adults in a Montessori Learning Community . . . and How to Repair It When It’s Damaged https://www.montessori.org/enhancing-trust-among-the-adults-in-a-montessori-learning-community-and-how-to-repair-it-when-its-damaged/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:56:51 +0000 https://www.montessori.org/?p=278813 ]]> ]]> Supporting Your Child in Understanding and Developing Friendships https://www.montessori.org/supporting-your-child-in-understanding-and-developing-friendships/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:01:46 +0000 https://www.montessori.org/?p=278814 ]]> ]]> We Begin with Grace… Purpose begins with our why, from purpose comes vision and mission. Vision is an aspiration; it is our becoming. Mission is our doing; it is our building. GRACE is our how. https://www.montessori.org/we-begin-with-grace-purpose-begins-with-our-why-from-purpose-comes-vision-and-mission-vision-is-an-aspiration-it-is-our-becoming-mission-is-our-doing-it-is-our-building-grace-is-our-how/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:31:59 +0000 https://www.montessori.org/?p=278711 ]]> ]]> How to Help When Your Child Comes Home from School Upset! https://www.montessori.org/how-to-help-when-your-child-comes-home-from-school-upset/ https://www.montessori.org/how-to-help-when-your-child-comes-home-from-school-upset/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:27:23 +0000 https://www.montessori.org/?p=278703

Have you ever heard anything like; Nobody wants to play with me, So and so keeps bothering me when I’m working, or I don’t get how to do the Stamp Game? Join us as our team walks you through ideas for supporting your child navigate difficult situations at school.

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Creating a safe space for meaningful dialogue and discussion about issues regarding your child leads to the desired end – understanding each others’ perspectives and working together to best serve your child. This is not always a one-step, quick fix but, rather, a thoughtful, ever-evolving process requiring vulnerability, humility, and commitment.

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Christine Lowry, a Montessori special educator with expertise in language and literacy development, will share ideas based on current research that advocates using a natural, relaxed approach to learn and love reading. She will explain how to use a “serve and return” approach to speaking with your child from birth on, along with ideas on how to increase their vocabulary, structure sentences with ease, and ask “open-ended questions.” Over the last half century or more educators have tried so many ways to teach children earlier and faster to read. Almost all were unsuccessful with far too many children. Now neuroscience has found that repetition, reading, and talking together actually works best. Join us for this interesting and informative discussion.

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Join us as we talk with Julia Volkman, long-time Montessori teacher, faculty member of the Brain Health Initiative, and guest lecturer for Harvard University’s Neuroscience of Learning/Mind, Brain, Health, and Education course. She will discuss how screen time affects brain development and learning. Julia will share ideas on why and how families can clearly set boundaries for screen time in their homes. MONTESSORI FAMILY LIFE WEBINARS

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