Wake Forest Montessori SUMMER CAMP 2013 June 3 - August 28 Register TODAY! Help your child’s mind, body, and spirit continue to flourish! There will be Academics, Exploration, Art, Friendship, and fun, Fun, FUN! This is a great opportunity for your child to experience a Montessori classroom environment that he or she will never forget! [...]
Dr. Hughes, of Good at Doing Things gives a profound lecture on how Montessori education effects the brain. The video starts at about 10:50 Good at Doing Things: Montessori Education and Higher Order Cognitive Functions from Steve Hughes on Vimeo.
From our friends, Seemi and Rashidah at Trillium Montessori in Cary, we are treated to a young Montessori learner in the beginning stages of learning to read. The Montessori reading curriculum has three essential components: A strong foundation in phonics, comprehension based on visualization, and whole language, or learning to read for meaning and using context clues. Montessori reading [...]
Poor children who get high-quality day care as early as infancy reap long-lasting benefits, including a better chance at a college degree and steady employment, according to a UNC-Chapel Hill study that followed participants from birth to age 30. The latest findings, published this week in the online journal Developmental Psychology, are from one of [...]
To understand the difference between all children learning at the same time and Montessori trained students look no further than this comic of traditionally based education. A recent study at the University of Virginia researchers found large discrepancies when Montessori students tested against traditional students. The children who attended the Montessori school, and the children who did [...]
Back to School/Meet the Teacher Night at Wake Forest Montessori Wednesday, August 21st 6:00 - 7:00 pm Please plan to join us on the 21st when we will have a brief informational meeting with the parents and introduce our newest teachers. Childcare will be provided on the playground during the parent's meeting and light snacks will be [...]
Styles of kindergarten teaching There are various styles of kindergarten teaching. People think every teacher has his or her own style of teaching the kindergarteners. This is very true but people do not know that the learning style of the students directly influences the teaching style of a teacher. This is specifically applicable in case [...]
Balancing Tech, Play and Future Happiness: Is that iPad really a good idea for your toddler? If you have to ask any number of today’s parents about children and technology, you would probably find a lot of varied opinions out there. Some would say that young children are not ready to experience and handle electronic [...]
“It is a commonplace that the child must be free. But what kind of freedom has he been given? The only true freedom for an individual is to have the opportunity to act independently. That is the condition sine qua non of individuality. There is no such thing as an individual until a person can [...]
Should my kid be tested for ADHD? The question of whether to have your child tested or not is one that often concerns parents, because they fear that there is something “wrong” with their child. ADHD is often seen as the cause of many problems in young children. Parents dread hearing the letters coming out [...]
