by John Long | Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Upper Elementary (9-12)
h! A Montessori mother!” responded another woman in the needlepoint class when she heard that the children attend Post Oak School. Waiting for the other shoe to drop, the Montessori mother asked, “Where does your daughter go to school?” We’ve all been there: the mention of Montessori evokes a response in people. Sometimes we feel […]
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by Lorna McGrath | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, School Resources
became frustrated and very disheartened at the way teachers were expected to treat the children in their classrooms and the environments in which children were placed to learn when I taught in conventional schools. And now, having left that environment decades ago, I continue to be appalled at seeing that nothing has changed except becoming […]
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by John Long | Kindergarten, Mathematics, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Uncategorized
his is a story about eight wooden blocks and a five-year-old girl. The eight wooden blocks are nestled in a hinged wooden box. The five-year-old girl is sitting alone at a small wooden table. She is very good at arithmetic, her teacher tells me, but rarely chooses to work with this kind of spatial, three-dimensional […]
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by The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector | Kindergarten, Language, Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Charter Schools, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12)
Montessori Bilingual Education: Prevalence and Type of Bilingual Montessori Programs / A white paper from The National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector Downloaded and shared with the National Center’;s permission from http://public-montessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Montessori-Bilingual-Brief.pdf ontessori bilingual programs are increasing in number in both the private and the public sectors. In the private sector, a bilingual school, typically, […]
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by Kira Donnelly | Early Adolescence (12-15), Later Adolescence (15-18), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, School Resources
ith the number of Montessori Junior High programs increasing every year, there are several logistical components that need more guidance and thought. Some of the broader components of occupations, seminars, and mathematics have been talked about repeatedly, and there are many practitioners to offer advice and strategies. One component that has not seen as much […]
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