Why does Stephen Curry’s Family LOVE Montessori?
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NBA MVP Stephen Curry, Another Montessori Influenced Success
NBA Stephen Curry led the Golden State Warriors to their first NBA championship since 1975 on Tuesday, beating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97. His educational background within the Montessori school system left him with essential skills to succeed both on and off the court. In a YouTube video posted by the American Montessori [...]
Building The Pink Tower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0HlI7dmOzU Montessori environments are beautiful, full of natural light, wooden beads and blocks, books of all kinds, and flowers in glass vases. Montessori classrooms are alive with movement and sound. Students, whether 5 or 15 years old, move about the classroom to take things off shelves, to discuss a project with a classmate, to put [...]
Montessori Teaches Preschoolers Parts Of Speech
Why Teach Preschoolers Grammar? It brings reason to complex sentence structure. It is the framework and building blocks of our written and spoken language. It lays the groundwork for the study of foreign languages. Learning Grammar Helps Children: build vocabulary. write with precision. read with understanding. speak [...]
Montessori School For The Deaf
Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf, located in Clearwater, FL, is one of a handful of schools in the U.S. using Montessori methods to teach deaf and hard-of-hearing children using both spoken English and American Sign Language. Blossom was selected as the grand prize winner of Tech-it-Up for best demonstrating how the school would integrate [...]
The purpose of a rug in a Montessori classroom
Why do Montessori schools have children use rugs? In my visits to Montessori schools all over the world I have see Montessori students working at floor mats as well as at child-size tables. The purpose of the floor mats and tables is to define the student’s workspace and to reinforce Montessori's principle of "freedom [...]
Montessori Method Teaches Children Culture
One of my many favorite aspects about the Montessori method is the study of other cultures. Educating children about the different cultures, customs, and languages brings me pure joy. I was able to see how Opera Nazionale Montessori in Rome Italy displayed their cultural shelf. I loved it!
Visiting Opera Nazionale Montessori in Rome, Italy
I had the pleasure of visiting Rome Italy a week ago, and as a Montessorian I thought that it would be a tragedy to go to the city where the amazing Montessori Method was developed and not visit a school or a training program. The belief brought me the front door of Opera Nazionale Montessori. [...]
The Importance Of The Pencer Grip
The pincer grip (the ability to make use the thumb and the pointer finger to grasp an object) is an important fine motor skill to develop. Activities that strengthen the pincer grip prepare a child to hold a pencil (muscle development and control , coordination, purposeful movement). Dr. Montessori believed that excercising these muscles would [...]
Why Children Use Knobbed Cylinders
Maria Montessori believed that nothing comes into the mind except through the senses. During the years between three and six, as children develop their senses, their attention is directed toward the environment. The purpose of the Sensorial activities is to help the child in his efforts to sort out the many varied impressions given by [...]