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Webcast:  Montessori Secondary Education / Pt 3

Webcast: Montessori Secondary Education / Pt 3

This is the recording of the third webcast in Dr. Paul Epstein’s series on Montessori adolescent programs. Paul uses the term the “Welt Schüler”: or students of the world. Montessori’s few insights about adolescent education outlined a living/learning farm-based experience for the seventh and eighth grader. Given geographical locations and circumstances, the Erdkinder may be […]

Ten Essential Montessori Principles (Plus One!)

hen people first come to study the approach that bears Dr. Maria Montessori’s name, they often see it as simplistic—easily grasped and even more easily implemented. It is not uncommon to hear Montessori principles boiled down: it’s “all about choice”; “independence is the centerpiece”; or “it focuses upon the idea of ‘work.’” Montessori is much […]

Webcast:  Montessori Secondary Education / Pt 3

Webinar: Montessori Secondary Education / Pt 2

This was one of Lorna McGrath’s weekly Montessori Family Life webcasts. Find out how Montessori programs for adolescents prepare young people for the “ever-changing future” with Dr. Paul Epstein. Download PDF PowerPoint

Webcast:  Montessori Secondary Education / Pt 3

Webinar: Montessori Secondary Education / Pt 1

The “Welt Schüler / The Student of the World)   This was one of Lorna McGrath’s weekly Montessori Family Life webcasts. Montessori’s few insights about adolescent education outlined a living/learning farm-based experience for the seventh and eighth grader. Given geographical locations and circumstances, the Erdkinder may be possible for some, but not for other Montessori […]

Webinar:  Interview With Soon-To-Be Montessori Graduates / 2017

Webinar: Interview With Soon-To-Be Montessori Graduates / 2017

This is a video interview with six soon-to-be Montessori graduates from our Lab School, the NewGate School in Sarasota, Florida. Join us for their thoughts on Montessori life and the world beyond.  

“I Wish I’d Had the Courage …”

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 […]

Offering Students the World: An Essay on Foreign Language Work in a Montessori Middle School

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 […]

Montessori Builds Innovators

Montessori Builds Innovators

here are strident disagreements these days over every aspect of American educational policy, except for one. Everyone thinks it would be great if we could better teach students how to innovate. So shouldn’t we be paying a great deal of attention to the educational method that produced, among others, Larry Page, Sergei Brin, Jeff Bezos, […]

Video Interview with Soon-to-Be Montessori Grads

Video Interview with Soon-to-Be Montessori Grads

This is a video interview with six soon-to-be Montessori grads from NewGate School. Join us for their thoughts on Montessori life and the world beyond.

Fantasy & Imagination

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