Tomorrow’s Child Magazine – November, 2018
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Would You Ask Parents if They Own Guns before Okaying a Playdate?
We ask about pets, allergies, and car seats, but would we hesitate to ask the parents of our child’s playdate if there are guns in their home? When my daughter was 3, she saw her first toy gun on a playdate. It was neon green and shot balls instead of bullets, but it was the […]
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Webcast: The Opitimal Choice
In this talk Angeline Lillard will review some studies on the outcomes of Montessori education and also discuss issues of implementation quality.
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Rock Prairie Montessori School Receives State Safety Grant
As a school leader of a Private non-profit Montessori school in Wisconsin, I am always on the lookout for new funding opportunities. I am especially interested in capturing state and federal funds that are a possibility for all schools. Every week, I have a habit of checking a few state education organizations newsfeeds to see […]
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Webcast: Measuring What Matters: MEFS and DERS
Research continues to confirm the outcomes that really matter for children: executive function, linguistic and cultural fluency, and social-emotional development. Join us this week as Jackie Cossentino explains how the DERS (Developmental Environmental Rating Scale) and MEFS (Minnesota Executive Function Scale) can help our teachers and schools. Jackie oversees the development of evidence-based tools for evaluation, assessment, […]
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Method to Montessori: Dr. Cameron Camp And Why The Montessori Method Makes Sense For Dementia Care.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Cameron J. Camp has devoted his life to the study of Alzheimer’s, dementia, and how to empower those living with either. Somewhere along the way, as industries looked to pharmaceutical solutions and pill panaceas, Camp deviated from the path and found inspiration in a child’s classroom. Applying Montessori methods […]
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Maximizing The ROI Of Your Staff’s Time
Going Digital I became the new Head of School at Montessori School of Fort Myers in September 2013 with the intention of heeding the sage advice given to me: spend the first two weeks simply observing; don’t try to change anything yet. And so, I did. I took these first few weeks to observe the […]
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Montessori, Alzheimer’s, and Mom: (Rationale) Everything Happens For A Reason …
y parents were married for 58 years when mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. My parents would repeatedly say that they had done it all: “Better, worse, richer, poorer sickness and in health.” Mom had a stroke and, during the follow-up doctor appointments, it was discovered she had Alzheimer’s. During this time period, she was in […]
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Webcast: Dispelling Misperceptions about Montessori and Attaining Common Ground with Public Schools
This week our guests on our Montessori Leadership Webcast were Dr. Shirlinda (Cindy) Acker and Christine Lowry M.Ed. They discussed Cindy’s research on Dispelling Misperceptions about Montessori and Attaining Common Ground with Public Schools. Communicating Clearly & Effectively Montessori education has not been recognized as a viable educational option due to misunderstandings and perceptions about […]
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Webcast: Steve Hughes – The value of concentration in developing agency
On October 14, 2015, we were joined by Dr. Steve Hughes. As a board-certified pediatric neuropsychologist, Dr. Hughes also specializes in assessment and treatment planning for persons who have problems with attention, concentration, organization, planning, and related executive functions. His topic was The value of concentration in developing agency.
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Webcast: An Informal Conversation With Dr. Steve Hughes
On September 25th, 2014, neurologist and Montessori researcher Steve Hughes and Montessori Foundation President, Tim Seldin, sat down to discuss his work and how modern brain science supports Montessori education worldwide. As Steve puts it, Montessori builds better brains. v
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Video Talk: Steve Hughes – Getting Education Reform Out of the Box
Dr. Steve Hughes, Neuro-psychologist and Brain Scientist, examines the basic assumptions of education today, and shows how an entirely different framework, first articulated by Dr. Maria Montessori over 100 years ago, conforms to what we now know about optimizing social, emotional, cognitive, and academic development.
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Technology and Montessori: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
It was nearly “a long time ago in a galaxy far away” that Montessori education first came to the world. The year 1907 was, indeed, a fairly long time ago, none of the parents of children in Montessori schools today had been born yet and neither had their grandparents....
Montessori: Does It Work? What Research says About Montessori And Student Outcomes
Editor’s Note: Our thanks to the National Center for Montessori In The Public Sector for sharing this brief summary of some of the growing body of research that directly or indirectly supports the effectiveness of the Montessori approach. Montessori parents know first-hand how this approach to education supports and nurtures children’s development in all areas: […]
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Webcast: Montessori Compass – The story behind the software
This week, our guests will be Rob and Anita Amos, co-founders of Montessori Compass. We will have a lively conversation about why it is important for Montessori educators to keep careful records, to plan, and to keep parents informed. Rob and Anita will share reflections on how the software was developed, how it has evolved, […]
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Research for the Montessori Classroom
very year we receive more and more inquires about formal research evidence that validates Montessori’s effectiveness. More than two hundred studies have been published about the long-term academic and social development of children who attended Montessori schools in the United States. However, educational research is not often taken seriously by scientists. What do we really […]
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Supporting the Development of Concentration
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...Featured
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