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Tips for Encouraging and Supporting the Developmental Needs of Your Elementary Child

Tips for Encouraging and Supporting the Developmental Needs of Your Elementary Child

by | Family Resources, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students

about the time my son turned six or so, I vividly recall wondering who took my sweet little boy and replaced him with this foreign being! Much to my chagrin, I remember remarking to my son that I didn’t know who this new creature was, and I wanted the old one back!...
Tips for Encouraging and Supporting the Developmental Needs of Your Elementary Child

Webinar: Transitioning Children into Montessori

by | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Webinars / MFA

Are you considering starting your child in a Montessori school at four years old, 8 years old, 15 years old? Robin Howe, Associate Head of NewGate School, explains the in’s and out’s of the admission process when new older students and their families wish to start in Montessori. Schools carefully consider many factors before admitting […]

Webinar: Transformation of the Elementary Child

Webinar: Sensitive Periods in the Elementary Years / Pt 1

by | Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Sensitive Periods, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webinars / MFA

Robin Howe, Associate Head of NewGate School, the lab school of the Montessori Foundation, offers a clear explanation of “sensitivities” an elementary child experiences and many useful ideas for understanding their interests and behaviors in this two part series. Download File

Should We Continue with Montessori for Elementary … or Move on?

by | Kindergarten, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Primary (3-6), Upper Elementary (9-12)

Author’s Note:  This article is told in part by the author, and in part through the words of several Montessori teachers, students and parents with whom I spoke in preparing our DVD, Joyful Scholars – The Elementary Mon-tessori Program, available from the Montessori Foundation publication center (www. montessori-foundation-books.org) s children near the end of their kindergarten […]