Why Do Most Montessori Schools Ask Young Children to Attend Five Days a Week? Many traditional preschools offer Two- and three-day programs because they are attractive to parents who do not need full-time care but feel their children need socialization; however, five-day programs create the consistency that is so important to young children and which [...]
Children who attend Montessori schools seem to have an edge over other children with relation to academic and social development. In Milwaukee similar aged children attending a public inner-city Montessori school in were compared to inner-city non-Montessori educated children. The Montessori students were found to have better reading and math skills than their peers who attended [...]
FRIDAY EVENING WITH PARENTS Friday, February 6th from 7:00-8:30pm Global Citizenship in the 21st Century Grace, Courtesy and Civility / Home and School in Partnership Raising children and adolescents during this modern age presents itself as both a privilege and a challenge. A Montessori learning environment affords multiple opportunities for holistic development as the school [...]
One of the questions that parents regularly ask is how they can make their home more Montessori like, or how they can make their own Montessori materials. Check out this video to learn how! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqOyLBAzyFs
If you visit a Montessori classroom, you will find many things the same as a traditional preschool classroom. You will also find differences. Some differences will be because of the culture of the area. There may be other differences because of the interpretation of Montessori's methods. Maria Montessori was a doctor who worked with [...]
When Maria Montessori was born, August 30, 1870, Italy had just become a united country. During this time girls were not allowed a public education. A girl’s family, and the Catholic Church, determined her education. Women belonged to their fathers, husbands, brothers, and uncles. Women could not have their own bank accounts, own property, or [...]
Montessori Borealis has been part of the Juneau School District for 20 years as an optional program. After a couple years of planning, the Montessori Borealis community submitted a proposal last spring to become its own school. Part of the Montessori Borealis school day includes a 3-hour block of time where the student decides what to [...]
Maria Montessori was the first woman to practice medicine in Italy. A scholar of biology, psychiatry, anthropology, and medicine, she graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Rome in 1896. As a physician, Dr. Montessori was in touch with young children and became profoundly interested in their development. Through careful and exhaustive [...]
Everybody knows that Montessori is a great way to educate children, but not everyone understands the benefits in detail. Here are some of the many reasons why Montessori is right for your child: Your child learns at his own rate. He is neither held back nor pushed forward according to the learning rates of other [...]
Why Wake Forest Montessori “It is the child who makes the man and no man exists who was not made by the child he once was.” — Maria Montessori When families choose Wake Forest Montessori, they’re enrolling their children in one of Wake County’s very best preschools. Families that choose Wake Forest Montessori have decided on [...]