The Montessori Three Year Cycle
April 14, 2021
This is the time of year many of our parents begin thinking about the future of education for their child and explore the idea of leaving Montessori for the traditional
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A Montessori Education For Citizenship
November 18, 2020
There is more to preparing for citizenship than learning civics. 2020 is an election year in the United States and an appropriate time to consider our concept of democratic citizenship. Schools have
Follow the Child or Follow the Teacher?
November 18, 2020
As the Greek philosopher Sophocles observed in the fifth century B.C. “One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.”
Montessori: Key Characteristics of Early Childhood
November 18, 2020
The Absorbent Mind Intellectual development is guided by the “absorbent mind”, the special psychic capacity the child has to take in the whole as well as all of the details of the
Montessori: Key Characteristics of Middle Childhood
November 18, 2020
The Reasoning Mind The key characteristic of the second plane child is the high level of independent thinking and the rapid growth of his powers to reason and go beyond his own
Montessori: Key Characteristics of Adolescence
November 18, 2020
The Emotive Mind Social development is guided by an “emotive” mind, a combination of inabilities, or purely abstract propositions. This quality of thought may be the reason why adolescents naturally object, argue
The Passage to the Elementary
November 18, 2020
In chapter 2 titled “Metamorphoses” of her book Childhood to Adolescence, Dr. Montessori explores the elementary child’s “turning towards intellectual and moral” development: “The passage to the second level of education is the
The Montessori Education in Service to World Peace
November 18, 2020
Montessori saw the child as a veritable world power, able to reconstruct society. The impact that parenting and education could have on society was profound for her. She embraced education as an
Practical Life Works In the Children’s House Environment
November 18, 2020
“Practical Life” is the name coined by Dr. Montessori to explain an area of curriculum in the Montessori method that departs dramatically from traditional forms. Practical life activities refer to the necessary everyday
Lower Elementary Aids to the Practice of Written Language
November 18, 2020
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS As the newborn fixes upon the sounds of human speech, and exercises the physical mechanisms needed to articulate these sounds, the mind stores impressions of meaning. The simultaneous blending of
Work! Man’s Fundamental Instinct – Dr. Montessori’s Own Words
November 18, 2020
These quotes were taken from Dr. Montessori’s book Education and Peace, and if you haven’t read it yet, this compendium will help to encapsulate the concept of “work” vs, “play”, in the Montessori approach.
