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Dear Members, By now, I hope you have all taken just a few moments to open your Montessori Family Alliance (MFA) account. Ask your school administrator for the link so that you have access to "The Montessori App,” where you can find everything you are looking for right on your phone, your computer, or your tablet.Wit & Wisdom: A family chat! is broadcast on the last Wednesday of each month from 8:00-9:00 pm ET on Zoom. Topics include: strong-willed children; family communication; a...

If you have poked around on the internet looking for information about Montessori homes or schools, you have come across the term “Prepared Environment.” The Prepared Environment is any space that is designed to maximize the experiences of the people who use the space. So, a Prepared Environment can be a classroom, a bedroom, the kitchen, dining, living, backyard, park...really any space. We use the term “Prepared Environment” to emphasize that these spaces are deliberately designed and the...

"Many have written or spoken of what school should look like from a developmental perspective, but nobody created the complete developmental package that Montessori did. The underlying assumption in traditional education is that every child in a class can get through the same amount of material within a nine-month academic year, and, of course, this is absurd! Everyone who's been in a classroom knows that not every child will proceed at the same pace. The task of education must change....

I started noticing that my son’s backpack was full of what I considered trash: broken rubber bands; the inner ring from a roll of tape; and bits of string. I asked him what they were for, and he just said that he needed them. I cleaned out any insect-attracting items, such as broken crackers and left the rest for whatever he had in mind. Then I noticed items moving from the recycling bin to his bedroom: egg boxes; milk cartons; and cardboard boxes of various sizes. He said he needed them...