by Alfie Kohn | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers
Is this working? [taps microphone] I do believe it is! OK, if everyone can please find a seat, we’d like to get started. Thanks so much for coming out tonight! We’ve reserved plenty of time for discussion obviously I’m not going to talk at you all evening, just as our teachers don’t spend most of […]
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by Maria Kaminstein | Brain Development, Computers in the Classroom, Montessori Education, Montessori Materials, Montessori Parenting
omputers have opened up all sorts of educational opportunities in the last twenty years. Any student pursuing research, from first grade through graduate school, needs to have access to the internet, encyclopedias on CD rom, library data bases, and word processing. Most communications in universities and much of that in the professional […]
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by Dr. Jane Bluestein | Book Reviews, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Psychology, Webinars / MFA
On October 6th, our guest was Dr. Jane Bluestein. We discussed her latest book, The Perfection Deception. Most people mistakenly confuse perfectionism with a healthy striving for excellence, but there is a big difference. One can lead to great achievement or at least great learning by allowing us to take risks, make mistakes, and forge […]
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by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Psychology, Social Media
I had the opportunity last week to attend a lecture by Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D., author of The Big Disconnect. The information and stories that she shared were powerful! Here is a little bit about Dr. Steiner-Adair. Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, school consultant, speaker and author. Dr. Steiner-Adair has consulted with […]
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by Vina Kay | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Primary (3-6), Video
This video was created as part of the documentary film project, Building the Pink Tower (www.buildingthepinktower.org). Co-producers, Jan Selby and Vina Kay, are contributing editors and members of the Advisory Council of the Montessori Family Alliance. We realize that you may have seen this video before, but it is worth revisiting. Montessori environments are beautiful, […]
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