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Category Archives: Montessori Overview
How to Start Using Montessori at Home
It seems overwhelming, I know. There are so many amazing Montessori activities and resources online, books to buy, and materials to make and buy. So, what should you do first? I am sometimes amazed at how many resources are available on my site alone – and I link to TONS more. It becomes difficult to…
M is for Montessori
The kind and fabulous preschool blogger Deborah Stewart at Teach Preschool recently reached 20,000 Teach Preschool Facebook members (over 21,000 now)! In honor of that event, bloggers have been publishing posts for each letter of the alphabet. In “Celebrating the ABC’s of Teaching Preschool,” what would I write, of course, but “M is for Montessori”?!…
How Can Montessori Fit into Your Family?
Montessori Leaf Washing Activity (Photo from the Moveable Alphabet) It’s that time of year. If you haven’t already decided, now is a good time to seriously consider what you want to do about your preschool child’s education in the autumn. What’s perfect for another family might not be right for you … it’s just a…
Montessori: Planting the Seeds of Learning
If you haven’t seen the 12-minute video Montessori: Planting the Seeds of Learning by the Montessori Foundation, I highly recommend watching it. If you’ve seen it before, I recommend watching it again. In the video, Tim Seldin, president of the Montessori Foundation and author of How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way, and…
Montessori and the Future of Education
I found the following video fascinating because it approaches Montessori education from the viewpoint of neuroscience and brain development. In the video, Dr. Steve Hughes, a pediatric neuropsychologist, talks about Montessori education while accompanied by Montessori images. He advocates Montessori as a method of education, saying: Education should be about the development of the person . . . not about…
Nurturing the Love of Learning: Montessori Education for the Early Childhood Years
Here’s a Montessori video that has much to offer parents looking for information on Montessori as well as parents and teachers looking for ideas to use at home or school. Nurturing the Love of Learning: Montessori Education for the Early Childhood Years is an excellent video produced by the American Montessori Society (AMS). There are…
Discovering Montessori
The best way to understand Montessori is to see it in action. The second best way is probably to see a video of Montessori in action. This video gives a good overview of the Montessori Method and a glimpse into Montessori in the UK. The video is called Discovering Montessori with Tana Ramsay. A notable…
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I'm Deb Chitwood. My header photo models are my children, Christina, at 1 1/2, my son, Will, at 3, and Christina again at 16. Christina is now 22, and Will is 27. Please see the About Me page for more information about my family and me. Please see the About Montessori page for information about Montessori. -
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