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If iPad Will I Touch Tablets? Montessori and Technology

If iPad Will I Touch Tablets? Montessori and Technology

by | Child's Work, Computers in the Classroom, Educational Program Coordination, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Online Learning, Parenting on the Same Page, The International Montessori Council, Tomorrow's Child

What are we (as Montessori educators and parents) to do with this new reality? What will Montessori be in an ever-changing future? We now live in an ever-changing future, and our Montessori goals are necessary preparations for children who need to learn how to adapt....
Computers: Are there New Secrets of Childhood?

Computers: Are there New Secrets of Childhood?

by | Challenging Behaviors, Computers in the Classroom, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6)

by Dr. Paul and Ann Epstein Computers in Montessori early childhood classroom deserve careful study. Just as Dr. Maria Montessori scientifically observed children and developed her didactic materials, we must also completely examine a computer’s benefits and barriers to learning. We believe that computers are tools for thinking and communication. We further believe that computers […]

Computers: Are there New Secrets of Childhood?

Tim Seldin – Reflections on computers and children

by | Computers in the Classroom, MFA, The International Montessori Council

everal months ago, my colleague and friend, Mark Powell, sent me an email asking if I would share my thoughts on computers and other digital technology with children. Mark reached out to several of us, gathering insight and reflection as he prepared an article that was eventually entitled  Modernizing Montessori: Using Digital Technology to Engage […]

Montessori Education in a Time of Physical Distancing: Is the Use of Digital Technology Appropriate in the Context of Montessori Philosophy?

Montessori Education in a Time of Physical Distancing: Is the Use of Digital Technology Appropriate in the Context of Montessori Philosophy?

by | Computers in the Classroom, Covid, Free Reads, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Middle School, Montessori Secondary / High School, Prepared Environment, The International Montessori Council

Maria Montessori, in an address in 1936 entitled “For Peace,” (2007) discussed how the technologies of her day had brought humankind together and had created a single “great nation” (pp. 24-26): By becoming a single nation, we have finally realized the unconscious...
Using Technology to Adapt to Enforced Quarantine

Using Technology to Adapt to Enforced Quarantine

by | Communication, Computers in the Classroom, MFA, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Education, The International Montessori Council

e are entering uncharted territory with the imminent possibility of wide-scale school closures. During this time, it will be more important than ever that the Montessori community fall back on a forward-looking propensity that goes back to Dr. Montessori herself. Even while it was still an emerging technology, Montessori had produced a “moving picture” about […]

Montessori Education in a Time of Physical Distancing

Montessori Education in a Time of Physical Distancing

by | Adolescence, Communication, Computers in the Classroom, Family Resources, MFA, School Resources, The International Montessori Council

Is the Use of Digital Technology Appropriate in the Context of Montessori Philosophy? Maria Montessori, in an address in 1936 entitled “For Peace,” (2007) discussed how the technologies of her day had brought humankind together and had created a single “great nation” (pp. 24-26): By becoming a single nation, we have finally realized the unconscious […]

STEM and Montessori

STEM and Montessori

by | Computers in the Classroom, Imagination, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary (6-9), Mathematics, Montessori Parenting, Primary (3-6), Research, Science, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webinars / MFA

Do you ever question or are asked, “How do STEM and Montessori overlap?” or “Should I choose a STEM or Montessori school for my child?” We’ll take a look at how Montessori incorporates STEM philosophy, and what you can do next.

Screening Out: Bringing Children Back from Virtual Worlds

by | Brain Development, Communication, Computers in the Classroom, Parent Education, Tomorrow's Child, Uncategorized

Introduction Another great article—thanks to Community Playthings! Often in Montessori schools, parents ask, “Why don’t you have computers or other technology in the early childhood classrooms?” or “Why isn’t there more technology in the elementary classrooms?” In this article, the author talks about “white space.” We understand the value of white space. We understand that […]

Why Our Montessori Classrooms Are Computer Free

by | Brain Development, Computers in the Classroom, Montessori Education, Montessori Materials, Montessori Parenting

      omputers have opened up all sorts of educational opportunities in the last twenty years. Any student pursuing research, from first grade through graduate school, needs to have access to the internet, encyclopedias on CD rom, library data bases, and word processing. Most communications in universities and much of that in the professional […]