by Tim Seldin | Maria Montessori, MFA, Montessori Education
he Montessori approach is often described as an education for life. When we try to define what children take away from their years in Montessori, we need to expand our vision to include more than just the basic academic skills. Normally, Americans think of a school as a place where one generation passes down basic […]
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by Tim Seldin | Maria Montessori, MFA, Montessori Education
ne hundred years ago, on January 6th, 1907, an Italian physician was invited to open a child-care facility for fifty preschool-aged children in a section of Rome that was avoided and neglected because of its oppressive poverty and crime.The children’s parents worked sixteen or more hours a day. In the absence of adult supervision, these children […]
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by Paul Epstein, PhD | Maria Montessori, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Social Media
“Digital Natives” e now live in an ever-changing future, and our Montessori goals are necessary preparations for children who need to learn how to adapt.We’ve been citizens in this kind of future for some time, and I suggest this one is different from other changing futures, such as the agricultural revolution or the industrial […]
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by Joyce St. Giermaine | Family Resources, Maria Montessori, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, School Resources
The child is much more spiritually elevated than is usually supposed. He often suffers, not from too much work, but from work that is unworthy of him. There is a part of a child’s soul that has always been unknown but which must be known.With a spirit of sacrifice and enthusiasm we must go in […]
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