It’s Martin Luther King Day and a perfect time to focus on peace and kindness. Peace education was important to both Maria Montessori and Martin Luther King, Jr. Following are some wonderful posts from Montessorians promoting peace.
Montessori Inspiration and Ideas for Martin Luther King Day
Celebrating Skin Color with Paint Activity (Photo by Jessie from The Education of Ours at Mommy Moment)
Celebrating Skin Color…..With Paint!!!! by Jessie from The Education of Ours at Mommy Moment
Celebrating Skin Color with Paint (Photo by Jessie from The Education of Ours) at Mommy Moment
What We Have Been up To, including Martin Luther King speech activities for elementary level from We Don’t Need No Education
“The Child is Both the Hope and Promise for Mankind” at Parenting Tree (about Montessori, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and peace)
Montessori and Peace in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Montessori’s Education for Peace from Confessions of a Montessori Mom Blog
Montessori Peace Education: Martin Luther King, Jr., Montessori Students and Community Service, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Montessori Elementary Studies: Civil Rights, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service: January 16, 2012 from North American Montessori Center
We Have to Be Compassion and Maria Montessori, Champion for Peace from Vibrant Wanderings
Historic Figures Set – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (available for purchase) from Montessori for Everyone
Multicultural Activity (Photo from The Work Plan)
Collaging Kids Around the World (Photo from The Work Plan)
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: Day 1, Martin’s Dreams and Patterns: Celebrating Dr. King Day 2, We Have Dreams!! Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 3 (Photo), Good Choices: Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day 4, and Collaging Kids Around the World (Photo) from The Work Plan
Peace Makers cards, including Martin Luther King, Jr. (available for purchase) from Montessori Print Shop
Introducing and Cultivating Peace in our Homes and Classrooms from Simply Montessori
Teach Peace Instead of Anti-Bullying from Educating for Peace: Andrew Kutt’s Blog
Promote Peace and Peace Education (blog) By Chandrani Warnasuriya
Kids’ Martin Luther King Day Activities Pinterest Board
Kids’ Martin Luther King Day Activities Pinterest Board
I have a Kids’ Martin Luther King Day Activities Pinterest Board with Martin Luther King Day activities for all ages. They aren’t necessarily Montessori activities, but they’re wonderful activities to celebrate this special day.
On Thursday, I’ll have a roundup of Montessori-inspired peace education activities.
100 Acts of Kindness Project
A fantastic family project for Martin Luther King Day and every day from now through Valentine’s Day is the 100 Acts of Kindness Project through Toddler Approved. My adult kids, kids-in-love, and I participated in the project last year (Join the 100 Acts of Kindness Project and Make the World a Happier Place with Acts of Kindness). We’re participating again this year. Weekly kindness challenges are posted every Monday morning (including mine next Monday). Here’s this week’s challenge: Kindness Challenge #1: Saying Thank You.
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Have a happy – and peaceful – Martin Luther King Day! 
Deb, Thanks again….we’ll be using these today, along with This is the Dream by Diane Z. Shore
Thanks for your comment, Rebecca! That’s a wonderful book for today! 🙂
I am so excited to link up for the first time today! Thanks so much for hosting. I love all the idea’s shared here 🙂
Thanks and welcome to Montessori Monday, Randalin! Lovely photos and post … I’m excited to have you link up, too! 🙂
Nice post! There are so many great activities, all in one place. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Discovering Montessori! I’m looking forward to rounding up lots of peace education activities for Thursday … I already have your peace table from last year bookmarked for that and next Monday’s post! 🙂
Wow, this post is filled with so many great resources!!
Thanks for sharing about the kindness challenge too!
I love your pinterest board and am heading over to follow it right now!
Thanks for your kind comment! I’m so happy you’re organizing the 100 Acts of Kindness Project again this year … LOVE it! 🙂
What an incredible list of resources! I see I’m not the only person who draws connections between Dr. King and Dr. Montessori. I love the practical ideas, and look forward to diving into some of the more philosophical articles as well!
Thanks so much for your kind words, Melissa! I love to see Dr. King’s and Dr. Montessori’s contributions side by side … they’re truly inspirational! 🙂
Deb. Thanks a gazillion for linking this brilliant post to my blog’s linkie. This will provide resources within resources.
So glad to have your support!!
My pleasure, Debbie! Thanks for your sweet comment and for the great link-up! I’ll need to return to do some more pinning! 🙂
What a pleasure reading your blog. Inspirational stuff for sure…..
Thanks so much for your kind comment, Sean! 🙂
Hi Deb, thanks for sharing these useful links. I enjoyed visiting them all. I always love the Montessori works, it brightens my day.
Thanks, Casandra! Have a great week! 🙂
It is never too late to comment about this right? But I would just like to share that we had a story telling last Monday about Martin Luther King and we also have some readings from the works of other writers about MLK. He had been a great inspiration ever since. Thanks!
Thanks, Angel! That sounds wonderful! 🙂
Marin Luther King Day is a very, very big deal in our household. Always has been and always will be.
Peace and Kindess are exactly the messages that Dr.King looked to spread. Teaching these learnings to children at a very early age is amazing to see. Congratulations, Deb – genuinely!
Consider this post +1’d!
Mila. xx
Thanks, Mila! I also love to observe August 28, the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. 🙂
Always looking for new ideas on this topic. Thank you!! Thanks for sharing at After School!!
What great resources. Thanks for sharing at after school.