When I was growing up, one of my favorite school holidays was Thanksgiving. As a young child, I loved making turkeys out of pinecones and pilgrim fashions out of construction paper. I imagined myself a young pilgrim girl making an exciting adventure on the Mayflower, landing at Plymouth Rock and befriending some young native children. … Exploring the US History of Thanksgiving in the Montessori Classroom
In the elementary Montessori classroom, children are surrounded by literature – both fiction and non-fiction. Good literature and good story telling encourage students to use their imaginations and further their creative writing skills. Because of this, it is important to expose elementary students to a wide variety of different literary genres. Elementary-age students enjoy reading … Tall Tales Activities for the Montessori Elementary Classroom
The Three Period Lesson is a fundamental technique used by Montessori educators to present new material to students. It is used throughout the Montessori curriculum and is extremely effective with teaching vocabulary. It uses three simple stages of teaching (naming , recognition and recall) and each stage gradually increases in difficulty. The first period is … Montessori Technique Explained: How to Present a Three Period Lesson
This year long series looks at the experiences of teachers, parents, students, and Montessori education itself, as we follow a student through his first year at a Montessori Preschool. The Montessori Insights and Reflections of a Preschool Student’s First Year is a collection of useful stories, tips, and information that has arisen from one real … A Montessori Moment: The Amazing Creativity of Preschool Students
When I was a little girl one of my favorite Christmas traditions was making Spritz cookies with my mother. My sister and I would carefully add candied sprinkles to the white, red and green buttery cookies my mother had pressed out with the cookie press. Then, with eager anticipation, we waited for that first taste. … Holiday Cookies – Fun Montessori Curriculum Opportunities
Let us in education always call the attention of children to the hosts of men and women who are hidden from the light of fame, so kindling a love of humanity….a reverent consciousness of its dignity and worth. ~ Maria Montessori, To Educate the Human Potential I have to admit, Thanksgiving is not one of … Montessori Cosmic Education: The Meaning Behind Thanksgiving
This year long series looks at the experiences of teachers, parents, students, and Montessori education itself, as we follow a student through his first year at a Montessori Preschool. The Montessori Insights and Reflections of a Preschool Student’s First Year is a collection of useful stories, tips, and information that has arisen from one real … Promoting Montessori Grace and Courtesy with the Vase of Kindness
This year long series looks at the experiences of teachers, parents, students, and Montessori education itself, as we follow a student through his first year at a Montessori Preschool. The Montessori Insights and Reflections of a Preschool Student’s First Year is a collection of useful stories, tips, and information that has arisen from one real … Montessori Preschool Practical Life Activities: Following the Child…Gone Fishing!
The Montessori elementary child is exposed early to the story of the universe. Notice, I said “story” and not lesson. This is because the explanation as to the creation of the universe and every living and non-living thing is told to them in a series of imaginative stories we call the “Great Lessons”. Usually told … Montessori and Imagination: the Second Plane of Development
Imagination is the real substance of our intelligence. All theory and all progress comes from the mind’s capacity to reconstruct something. (Maria Montessori, The Child, Society and the World p.48). The Montessori curriculum is well grounded in the realities of the universe. This is not to say that Maria Montessori discouraged imagination. She was a … Montessori and Imagination: The First Plane of Development
