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Music in the Montessori Classroom: How We Integrate Music into Everyday Activities
By Erin Farney Picture a group of children singing together and it will most likely bring on a smile. Singing songs is typically a fun and joyful experience, but it offers much more value than only being for pleasure. Children…
Why Cursive is Still Important in Education
By Erin McFarland In our highly technical age, handwriting as a whole seems to be an antiquated concept in our education systems. How often do we handwrite things in our daily lives? Moreover, cursive writing seems to be an old-fashioned way…
Sewing and Weaving in the Montessori Classroom
By Sheri Papke Why do we sew in the Montessori classroom? In the book, Sewing in the Montessori Classroom, a practical life curriculum, Aimee Fagan M.Ed., says, “The hand is the brain’s connection to the world around us. As our…
The Absorbent Mind
By Nilanga Ericsson As a child, I spoke two languages, my mother tongue: Sinhala and English, which is considered the official language of Sri Lanka. I don’t recall anyone teaching me the vocabulary, the grammar or the syntax. Yet I spoke…
Movement in the Montessori Classroom
By Kristen Guzzi All the way through elementary school and into high school, we always sat in desks or at a table. It didn’t matter if we were doing worksheets, homework, or power points. As I got older, I remember…
Teaching Kindness and Respect in a Montessori Classroom
By: Connie Parker Being a part of a Montessori classroom is more than just academics, there is a social aspect to the classroom that is just as important. Children in a Montessori classroom learn to be a part of a community,…
Montessori Phonetics – How and Why We Use Them
Montessori Phonetics By Amber Evans Phonics is a reading method that allows a child to learn the sounds of letters by developing an understanding of how these sounds are used individually, in groups and whole words. Phonetic instruction is the…
Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten Academically?
By Kristi Ockuly As a Montessori teacher for more than twenty years, and as a mother of five, I can attest to the fact that all parents wonder about the experience their young children will have in school. If they…
Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten Emotionally?
By Kristi Ockuly As a Montessori teacher for more than twenty years, and as a mother of five, I can attest to the fact that all parents wonder about the experience their young children will have in school. If they…
Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten Socially?
By Kristi Ockuly As a Montessori school teacher for more than twenty years, and as a mother of five, I can attest to the fact that all parents wonder about the experience their young children will have in school. If…
Sensitive Periods in Child Development
By Yelena Raskin Sensitive periods are periods of psychological development in the child. This period is a time of limited duration. During the sensitive periods, the child has very powerful capacities. The child is able to do great things and…
Mindfulness in a Montessori Environment
by Andrea Beier There is no doubt that almost everyone has heard of the term “mindfulness” in the last few years. It seems there has been quite an explosion of interest in the concept; complete with varying definitions of what…