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Guiding Children: Reform Ourselves to Reform Education

The educator must be as one inspired by a deep worship of life, and must through this reverence respect … the development of the child’s life.” n January 6, 2017, we celebrated the 110th anniversary of the opening of the first Montessori school. What’s remarkable is that few educational movements persist this long, and even […]

Webinar:  Help! My kids are fighting!

Webinar: Help! My kids are fighting!

Kathryn Kvols, Kathy Leitch, and Tim Seldin. Duration 52 minutes. It starts with who gets to use the bathroom first, then it is someone looked at the other person the wrong way at the breakfast table! The arguing continues as they fight over who gets to lock the front door! For some parents, it feels […]

Video:  Do schools kill Creativity?

Video: Do schools kill Creativity?

In this acclaimed TED Talk, Sir Keneth Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en

Video:  Montessori in a Nutshell / Tim Seldin

Video: Montessori in a Nutshell / Tim Seldin

In 2013, Trevor Eissler challenged the Montessori Community to prepare 60 second elevator speeches to explain Montessori in a nutshell. Here is one done on the spot by Montessori Foundation President, Tim Seldin. There are several videos in the series that we have included in the members’ library.