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by Tim Seldin | Adolescence, Early Adolescence (12-15), Later Adolescence (15-18), MFA, Montessori Administrators, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Upper Elementary (9-12)
Montessori Extends through High School veryone remembers their high school years. Few of us want to remember middle school. And no one, except perhaps our mothers, remembers the preschool that we attended until we were old enough to go to ‘real school.’ But wait, that may be true for most of us, but it is […]
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by Maren Stark Schmidt | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Primary (3-6), Psychology
hildren who are on-track with their development display ten specific behaviors and characteristics. In Montessori terms, we call this process of natural and normal development, normalization. As parents and teachers, we are concerned about doing the right things with our children. When our children go through difficult periods, we can spend nights tossing and turning […]
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by Michael Dorer, EdD | Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Administrators, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Materials, Montessori Teachers, Prepared Environment, Primary (3-6), School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12)
Authorized List of Montessori Materials for Montessori Classrooms Organized and Edited by Michael Dorer Contributors: Michael Dorer, Syneva Barrett, Lois Bobo, Rose Dorer, Peter Hanson, Shanna Honan, Maria Kaminstein, Angela Lord-Carsrud, Ann Luce, Chris Sacerdote, Larry Shankar, Maria Verhaal Copyright Michael Dorer Shared with members and students on the Montessori Foundation and International Montessori […]
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by Tim Seldin | Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Materials, Prepared Environment, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Webcasts / IMC
> This week we discussed the topic of what belongs in an early childhood Montessori classroom. We share a suggested list of materials and furnishings with you. Our goal was not to cover each material, but to discuss the issue in broader terms and to explore the issue of materials from outside of Montessori.
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by John Long | MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education
hat was a question asked by an upper elementary student during a class meeting last week. “Why don’t we have grades at Post Oak?” The spirit of the question, and the interested looks from the questioner’s classmates, suggested that this was more of a “Tell-us-about-Dr.-Montessori”-kind-of-question rather than an appeal for a missing entree at the banquet […]
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by Kathy Leitch | Montessori Administrators, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Teachers, School Leadership, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Webcasts / IMC
A webcast with Tim Seldin, Kathy Leitch, and Michael Dorer. A Montessori Horizontal Curriculum What kind of Montessori curriculum does your school have? We look at curriculum offerings in terms of their overall direction. A curriculum can have three directions: vertical, horizontal, or something in between. Michael talked about these directions. so that you […]
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by Punum Bhatia Ph.D | MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, Prepared Environment
et the child free, let them have fair play, let them run out when it is raining, take off their shoes when they find pools of water, and when the grass of the meadows is damp with dew, let them run about with bare feet and trample on it; let them rest quietly when the […]
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by Sharon Caldwell | Early Adolescence (12-15), Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Imagination, Kindergarten, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Montessori students, Primary (3-6), Reading, Upper Elementary (9-12)
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by Paula Lillard Preschlack | Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, Montessori students, Parent Education, Planes of Development, Primary (3-6), Psychology, Research, Sensitive Periods, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
Concentration: What is it? In a LinkedIn post this past June, “Want Kids to Succeed? Teach them Focus,” Daniel Goleman explains why concentrating is a precursor for both learning something new and developing self-control. We all know that success in school and in...
by Michael Dorer, EdD | Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Teachers, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webcasts / IMC
Maria Montessori called Cosmic Education the path through which children develop a global vision. What is the meaning of this word cosmic in Montessori programs? Does it imply astronomy? Does it have to do with extraterrestrials? Is it related to the rock song called “The Kozmic Blues?” Possibly it is none of these! In this fun and […]
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