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Summertime Montessori Fun for the Whole Family

By | Jan 14, 2021

ot all Montessori schools run summer programs, but with some careful planning, you can keep your children fully engaged in learning and maintaining skills without having to micromanage them. Over the years, we’ve gathered lots of ideas from lots of places. We’ll just list a few of them here with some guiding principles to keep it in the ‘Montessori Way’ of parenting. Picking Produce Many local farms have all-you-can-pick opportunities, and some even have hayrides,...

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Computers in the ClassroomCovidFree ReadsInfant-Toddler (0 to 3)Later Adolescence (15-18)Lower Elementary (6-9)MFAMontessori CurriculumMontessori Middle SchoolMontessori Secondary / High SchoolPrepared EnvironmentThe International Montessori Council

Montessori Education in a Time of Physical Distancing: Is the Use of Digital Technology Appropriate in the Context of Montessori Philosophy?

By | Jul 27, 2020

aria Montessori, in an address in 1936 entitled “For Peace,” (2007) discussed how the technologies of her day had brought humankind together and had created a single “great nation” (pp. 24-26): By becoming a single nation, we have finally realized the unconscious spiritual and religious aspiration of the human soul, and this we can proclaim to every corner of the earth. ‘Humanity as an organism’ has been born; the super-construction that has absorbed all man’s efforts...

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AdolescenceCommunicationComputers in the ClassroomFamily ResourcesMFASchool ResourcesThe International Montessori Council

Montessori Education in a Time of Physical Distancing

By | Jun 26, 2020

Is the Use of Digital Technology Appropriate in the Context of Montessori Philosophy? Maria Montessori, in an address in 1936 entitled “For Peace,” (2007) discussed how the technologies of her day had brought humankind together and had created a single “great nation” (pp. 24-26): By becoming a single nation, we have finally realized the unconscious spiritual and religious aspiration of the human soul, and this we can proclaim to every corner of the earth. ‘Humanity as an organism’ has been...

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Consulting

By | Mar 5, 2020

Montessori School ConsultationOur team of Montessori consultants has the experience, expertise, and passion to provide practical help and deliver meaningful results for your school!Whether you need to increase enrollment, plan for next year, give your staff some great professional development, strengthen your existing program, fundraise, or hear the calm, outside voice of experience to help your school community build a bridge over troubled waters … we achieve results! None of the world's...

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What is the Montessori Method? A Conversation with Tim Seldin

By | Jan 26, 2020

In this interview, with Kelly Thomas, Tim Seldin, President of the Montessori Foundation and Chair of the International Montessori Council, will share what it is about the Montessori approach that nurtures creativity and inventiveness that we can all learn from? Montessori school alumni include Google's founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, not to mention Julia Child and rapper Sean "P.Diddy" Combs, making it appear that the Montessori...

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The First Days of School

By | Oct 13, 2019

ontessori schools throughout the world share having a first day of school in common. Adults also share the range of emotions that accompany these early days. Excitement, anticipation, promise, hopes, and dreams abound. On the other hand, impatience, uncertainty, and stress are also universal emotions that children and parents experience. Everyone involved (children, parents, teachers, administrators, and support staff) may experience mixed feelings and express them in...

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Montessori A Model For Inclusive Education?

By | Aug 6, 2019

More and more students with a diversity of unique behavior and learning needs are enrolling in Montessori classrooms in independent, public, and charter Montessori schools. And, more and more Montessori school leaders and classroom teachers are expressing their concerns: “I don’t know how to work with these kids.” “There are just too many challenges in my classroom.” “My teachers will just quit if I put these students in their classrooms.” “Is Montessori a good fit, the right place for...

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Children Learn Best When Parents Learn With Them

By | Mar 12, 2019

I used to think that our school’s mission was solely about each student and his/her learning; now I know that our mission also includes the parent as a learner. My personal journey from “I used to think…but now I know” occurred through observation and research during my 30 years in leadership at Kingsley Montessori in Boston and was confirmed in my travels last year visiting over 65 Montessori schools worldwide. In conversation, heads of school acknowledged the value of parent partnerships...

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Celebrating Chinese New Year

By | Nov 13, 2018

Chinese New Year must be around the corner, for our school is decked in red and gold. Chinese New Year is celebrated according to the Lunar Calendar, sometime in January or February each year. It marks the coming of spring and new beginnings and is usually a two-week celebration. As in other cultures, there are many preparations leading up to the event. The week before the holiday, families clean their homes to sweep away all traces of misfortune.  Shops and homes are decorated with...

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