When you enroll your child in a Montessori school, you join a warm and welcoming community of teachers, students, and families. Being an active part of that community can bring many rewards: a voice in your child’s education; greater contact with teachers and school administrators; and a window into the Montessori way, among others. There …
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The Importance of Montessori for the Kindergarten year
Here are 20 reasons to keep your child in Montessori for the Kindergarten year complimentary of The Montessori Children’s Foundation. Kindergarten is not the start of schooling. By five, most Montessori children will begin to read, and many will be introduced to multiplication and division. The third (or Kindergarten) year is the time when many …
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Montessori Nurtures Curiosity, Creativity & Imagination
Dr. Maria Montessori believed that teachers should focus on the child as a person, not on a the daily lesson plan. Montessori teachers lead children to ask questions, think for themselves, explore, investigate, and discover. Their ultimate objective is to help their students to learn independently and retain the curiosity, creativity, and intelligence with which …
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Montessori schools emphasize self-discovery
Written by Linda Morgan, ParentMap Maria Montessori, Italy’s first female physician who created a new method of educating young children, once said that the “inner-directed life of the child has its own characteristics and ends, different from those of the adult.” In other words, children feel, act and behave differently than grown-ups. That concept may …
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The Montessori Approach to Discipline
This article was first published in Tomorrow’s Child magazine Upon visiting a Montessori classroom for the first time, one might wonder what magic spell has been cast upon these young children making them so calm and self directed. Another person might look at that same class and be confused by the children’s independence, wondering where’s …