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Recommended Montessori Materials for ages 6 to 12

Recommended Montessori Materials for ages 6 to 12

by | Lower Elementary (6-9), Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Curriculum, Montessori Materials, School Resources, The International Montessori Council, Upper Elementary (9-12)

List of Recommended Montessori Materials for an Elementary Class This is an Adobe Acrobat PDF file with a detailed list of the Montessori materials recommended by the Montessori Foundation for an elementary class for either ages 6 to 9 or 9 to 12. Download File

Webcast Using Budgets to Manage Cash Flow

Webcast: The Importance Of Social Justice Practice In Montessori Schools

by | Emotionally Healthy Children, Empowerment, Mindfulness, Mixed Ages, Montessori Charter Schools, Prepared Environment, School Leadership, Sensitive Periods, Social Justice, The International Montessori Council, Webcasts / IMC

Webcast The Importance of Social Justice Practice in Montessori Schools

Congratulations To Pines Montessori On Becoming An IMC Accredited School

Congratulations To Pines Montessori On Becoming An IMC Accredited School

by | Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

In March of 1977, a group of families formed The Kingwood Montessori Foundation. The school was originally organized as a for-profit primary school in a rented space in a shopping center in Kingwood, TX. In 1983, Pines Montessori School was offered the opportunity to purchase the property where it currently resides, also in Kingwood. The […]

Children Learn Best When Parents Learn With Them

Children Learn Best When Parents Learn With Them

by | Empowerment, Maria Montessori, MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Parent Education, Parent-Teacher Communication, Planes of Development, Practical Life, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

I used to think that our school’s mission was solely about each student and his/her learning; now I know that our mission also includes the parent as a learner. My personal journey from “I used to think…but now I know” occurred through observation and research during my 30 years in leadership at Kingsley Montessori in […]

The Montessori Difference: Understanding Its Essential Elements

The Montessori Difference: Understanding Its Essential Elements

by | Empowerment, Maria Montessori, MFA, Mindfulness, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Peace Education, Practical Life, Prepared Environment, Research

“The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. It lays the whole basis for his character and social behavior.” (Montessori, 1988, p.202) Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) believed that children have an inner directive for their optimum self-construction and that concentration is the key to their natural development. This was perhaps one of her major […]

A Letter From The Executive Director

A Letter From The Executive Director

by | Montessori Administrators, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Planes of Development, School Leadership, The International Montessori Council

Dear IMC Members: We begin 2019 having completed 20 years of the International Montessori Council’s presence and impact in the Montessori community! As I look forward to the next 20 years, I wonder what the state of Montessori education will be 20 years hence.  Will we continue to build bridges across schools, organizations, and pedagogies? […]

Webcast Using Budgets to Manage Cash Flow

Webcast: Montessori Leadership Webcast A Montessori Retrospective

by | Communication, Mixed Ages, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, Planes of Development, Prepared Environment, The International Montessori Council, Webcasts / IMC

A Montessori Retrospective With Kathy Leitch, Margaret Whitley, Michael Dorer Lorna Mcgrath

International Festival At International Montessori School

International Festival At International Montessori School

by | Empowerment, Mindfulness, Mixed Ages, Montessori Charter Schools, Montessori Education, Practical Life, Sensorial, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue, Young Adolescent, Young Adults

Each June, the IMS Community, supported by our Parent Teacher Association, hosts a joyous cultural gathering of our diverse community: the beloved International Festival. This chance to take a mini tour of the world in the school hall is always embraced by our children and parents alike. Dressed in their own traditional attire, they get […]