Following is a brief account of how one NAMC Upper Elementary Diploma Program student is using the NAMC Mastery Checklists to align her program with state standards. Our thanks to Jodi for sharing her insights and ideas. Can the Montessori Method and State Standards be observed together? Here is a great Math example: The NAMC … NAMC Elementary Mastery Checklists: Blending Montessori with State Standards
Part 4 of 4 – Montessori For My Autistic Sons The following four-part series includes excerpts from an introductory letter written by a NAMC Lower Elementary diploma program student, Rachel, to her NAMC tutor. A mother of six boys, she was first introduced to Montessori in seeking alternative method of education for her first son. … A NAMC Student’s Experience as a Montessori Parent: Autism
Part 3 of 4 – Choosing NAMC Montessori Elementary Teacher Training This four-part series include excerpts from an introductory letter written by a NAMC Lower Elementary diploma program student, Rachel, to her NAMC tutor. A mother of six boys, she was first introduced to Montessori in seeking alternative method of education for her first son. … A NAMC Student’s Experience as a Montessori Parent: Choosing Teacher Training
Part 2 of 4 – Follow the Child This four-part series include excerpts from an introductory letter written by a NAMC Lower Elementary diploma program student, Rachel, to her NAMC tutor. A mother of six boys, she was first introduced to Montessori in seeking alternative method of education for her first son. Her first four … A NAMC Student’s Experience as a Montessori Parent: Follow the Child
Part 1 of 4 – Montessori For My Children This four-part series include excerpts from an introductory letter written by a NAMC Lower Elementary diploma program student, Rachel, to her NAMC tutor. A mother of six boys, she was first introduced to Montessori in seeking alternative method of education for her first son. Her … A NAMC Student’s Experience as a Montessori Parent
February is Black History Month in Canada and the US, also known as African American History month. It is honored in Great Britain in October. The theme in the US for 2012 is Black Women in American Culture & History, and provides a catalyst for various Montessori classroom activities for all ages. Montessori educators can … February is Black History Month – Celebrate in the Montessori Classroom
On the practical side, our method has, moreover, the advantage of being able to draw together children of very different backgrounds. In our first Children’s Houses there were children of two-and-a-half, still too young for the simplest exercises of the senses, and children over five who, because of their attainments, could have passed after a … Montessori Mixed Age Groups and Ministry Regulations: Why Socialization Matters
Chinese New Year is a 15-day cultural celebration that follows the lunisolar calendar. This year Chinese New Year begins with the full moon on January 23 and 2012 is considered the Year of the Water Dragon. It will end with the full moon 15 days later on February 7. The following website is informative … Chinese New Year – Montessori Curriculum Activities
“If you want to be important, wonderful.If you want to be recognized, wonderful. If you want to be great, Wonderful!But recognize that he who is greatest among you is your servant. That’s the new definition of greatness. This morning, what I like about it is that by giving it the definition of greatness it means everybody can … Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in the Montessori Classroom
“Children show a great attachment to the abstract subjects when they arrive at them through manual activity. They proceed to fields of knowledge hitherto held inaccessible to them, such as grammar and mathematics. I wonder how the theory arose that in order to work with the hand one must have an uncultivated mind, or that … Montessori Elementary Math Curriculum Tips – Follow the Child
