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Montessori Activities at Home: Upper Elementary, Cross-Curricular Google Arts & Culture Website Command Cards

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The Google Arts & Culture website offers FREE virtual museum tours, symphonies, operas, and much more that children can enjoy from home. Learn all about the Tower Bridge in England, the Milan Cathedral in Italy, the Taj Mahal in India, and the Musėe d’Orsay in France, to name only a few. Creating Command Cards with … Montessori Activities at Home: Upper Elementary, Cross-Curricular Google Arts & Culture Website Command Cards

Talking to Children about COVID-19

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Here is an essential principal of education: to teach details is to bring confusion; to establish the relationship between things is to bring knowledge. —Maria MontessoriFrom Childhood to Adolescence Adults aren’t the only ones who are concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications. As much as we try to shelter our children and students, … Talking to Children about COVID-19

International Day for Tolerance: Peace in the Montessori Environment

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If we are among the men of good will who yearn for peace, we must lay the foundation for peace ourselves, by working for the social world of the child. —Maria MontessoriInternational Montessori Congress, 1937. In 1995, UNESCO declared November 16 as an international day for tolerance, declaring tolerance as a fundamental and universal human … International Day for Tolerance: Peace in the Montessori Environment

Presenting Native American Heritage Month in the Montessori Environment

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When I started teaching in the Montessori upper elementary environment, I found myself teaching the American pre-history and the Paleo-Indian cultures. Beginning with Bering Land Bridge migration around 9500 BC, we studied Clovis and Folsom cultures and worked our way through to the Plains Woodland and Plains Village cultures, spanning a period of time of … Presenting Native American Heritage Month in the Montessori Environment

World Food Day and Montessori Cosmic Education

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When we think about cosmic education, we think about relationships, sustainability, and connections. Cosmic education is about bringing understanding to and awareness of our relationship with the natural world. The Montessori environment promotes peaceful relationships with all people, empathy towards others, and compassion for all living things. Montessori teachers do an excellent job of raising … World Food Day and Montessori Cosmic Education

World Teachers' Day – What Would Dr. Montessori Say?

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With the theme: “Young Teachers: The Future of the Profession,” we recognize the critical importance of reaffirming the value of the teaching mission. We call upon governments to make teaching a profession of first choice for young people. We also invite teacher unions, private sector employers, school principals, parent-teacher associations, school management committees, education officials … World Teachers' Day – What Would Dr. Montessori Say?

How the organization of the Montessori environment leads to greater learning

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If the teacher has the ability to organize sincere respect for and interest in children and knowledge, there is no limit to the possibilities for a meaningful education in a Montessori elementary classroom. —Paula Polk Lillard, Montessori Today, pg. 151 In her essential handbook, MontessoriToday, Paula Polk Lillard says organization is the key to being … How the organization of the Montessori environment leads to greater learning

Social Development and Learning in the Montessori Environment

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  My strongest impression of this [lower elementary] classroom is the purposefulness of the children in their collaborative efforts. —Paula Polk Lillard, Montessori Today, Chapter 8, page 116 When I did my upper elementary training, my cohort of upper elementary teachers were always the ones getting in trouble. We were fine in our UE classes, … Social Development and Learning in the Montessori Environment