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What We Can All Learn from a Montessori Classroom

…looking for more information on how to integrate montessori into the public school classroom, particularly kindergarten. Do you have any additional resources? Jennifer Gonzalez I think Pinterest may be your best bet. Take a look at these boards for starters: https://www.pinterest.com/debchitwood/montessori-inspired-activities-and-ideas/ https://www.pinterest.com/debchitwood/living-montessori-now-posts/ Maria Mosby http://amshq.org/School-Resources/Public I hope this article helps, Michelle! Beth F Hi Jennifer! I substitute teach elementary school here in Scotland, and Montessori is my favorite pedagogical system for sure – I went to a Montessori preschool in New Hampshire, Auburn Children’s House when I was little and when I returned as a grownup teaching student I found…

Episode 3: The Montessori Method

…them of what Montessori actually is? Bossut: Alright, you know it’s funny – […] [laughing] Gonzalez: You have more than two minutes [laughing] Bossut: There’s a challenge in a Montessori channel is to try to explain that in two minutes. It is very difficult, but if I could just put it in parts in the way I understand it. Gonzalez: Of course. Bossut: Okay, Maria Montessori came into education as a clinician first. But she did all she did through observation, okay, of how children behave in an environment that is constructed to their size. Alright now she also made…

Hate PD? Try Voluntary Piloting

…teachers to become part of a professional community that is truly interested in learning and growing its knowledge base and practice. This spills over eventually; I’ve seen it happen before. Regards, Elisa Candace Fletcher I’m fascinated with the voluntary piloting program you and your colleague embarked upon and was curious if you are open to sharing any materials and/or feedback you have from this? After teaching in CPS for three years at Winton Montessori (before it moved to Northside/became Parker Woods), I moved to San Diego, taught in a Montessori charter here and have now moved into an administrative role…

Know Your Terms: Constructivism

…is not something which the teacher does, but a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment.” Read more about Montessori philosophy from the American Montessori Society. Jean Piaget “Each time one prematurely teaches a child something he could have discovered himself, that child is kept from inventing it and consequently from understanding it completely.” Read more about Piaget’s philosophy in this chapter from the book, Developmental Psychology. Lev Vygotsky “A child’s play is not simply…

Self-Paced Learning: How One Teacher Does It

…I ever saw a truly self-paced learning environment was on my visit to a Montessori Elementary School two years ago. And although I was completely enchanted by the student-centered environment there, the class size was small. I wondered whether that method could really be scaled up to class sizes at a typical public school. So I was excited when, at a recent TeachMeet, I saw that there would be a session on self-paced learning. At the session, Franklin, KY, middle school math teacher Natalie McCutchen showed us how she has converted her pre-algebra class to a completely self-paced system, where…

Using Playlists to Differentiate Instruction

…require a paper submission in a class that hasn’t gone quite so digital. In fact, the whole system could be done on paper—one look at how student learning is managed in a Montessori classroom and you’ll see how that can work. What’s key is that students work through the list on their own, which frees the teacher up to spend more time working one-on-one with students. Managing Student Pace If students are truly working at their own pace, wouldn’t that mean some are way ahead, even finished with a unit, while others drag way behind? Setting a few hard deadlines…

Episode 4: What the Mother of a Child with Autism Wants Teachers to Know

…did she start going to just regular school? Leigh: Regular school… Gonzalez: Yeah, did you just enroll her in a regular kindergarten? Leigh: We started in an Early Start program when she was three. Gonzalez: Is Early Start different from Head Start? Leigh: Yeah Head Start, I think, is a more financial-based. Early Start is developmental-based. Gonzalez: Got it. Leigh: So she started at the preschool in a public school system at the age of three. She did that for three and four. Then we moved her, due to all sorts of issues, to a private Montessori school when she…

Why Teachers Need to Know Diane Ravitch

…good future review on your site. My oldest kid is only 3, so I’ve largely put off learning anything about the Common Core. However, I stumbled across the book “The Story-Killers: A Common-Sense Case Against the Common Core” and couldn’t put it down once I started reading. It simultaneously makes a case against the Common Core (especially in the area of language arts) while making a case for classical education. With the Ravitch book you recommend, I’m having trouble getting past her subtitle. Privatization has so much to offer such as Montessori and Classical education approaches that you’d never find…

Kindergarten Redshirting: How Kids Feel About it Later in Life

…school begins at a later age and is has a much shorter day length? I am curious how adherents of the “free school” movement or Montessori-style education would view this question. Might the bigger question be about how we run our schools and not on individual choices of start date? Ruth My daughter turned 5 in December so she was not allowed to start kindergarten in public school. But I, as her mother who knows her best, felt she was ready so I took her to a private school where she was tested and deemed ready for kindergarten. She has…