tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post3821757724354928474..comments2024-03-26T02:11:37.643-07:00Comments on NAMC Montessori Teacher Training Blog: Montessori Classroom Management: Sometimes Students Will Be Hard to HandleNorth American Montessori Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03192846885830826722noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-32670062793686306352017-11-29T09:35:47.849-08:002017-11-29T09:35:47.849-08:00Hello,
I have my child for a couple of months wit...Hello,<br /><br />I have my child for a couple of months within the Montessori program (Junior Elementary, equivalent to grade 1-3). I am surprised by the amount of noise and chaos that dominates daily routines. E.g. each class has many stations that variates into activities. Childrens are grouped and required to work on a particular station. They are allowed to move freely from one station to another or just roam in the class. The amount of noise variates from a station to another. It actually reminded my of the farmers market where everybody talks in the same time and conducts various business. Some children are asked to do math or other activities that require concentration within this environment. How beneficial is this to a child education? My child has issues doing any kind of this work, that requires concentration, within this noisy environment. Often my kid would be more interested to just see what others are doing, particularly the groups that are the loudest in the class. Is this normal for all Montessori schools? <br /><br />Back in my days, I remember that we always had a quiet class where everybody was working on his/hers assignment at the desk and the teacher was just walking between desks and keeping kids focused. I do not remember any activities throughout my life where I had to do any reading and/or math where there was noise (e.g. library, workplace).<br /><br />Thank you,<br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217756476943261365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-89027872773506161322016-10-06T14:52:11.067-07:002016-10-06T14:52:11.067-07:00Hi! My daughter is a new Montessori 3-6 teacher wi...Hi! My daughter is a new Montessori 3-6 teacher with her Masters. She is a head teacher this year and is struggling with keeping her children occupied and quiet at dismissal time. She has an assistant who leaves before dismissal. Any thoughts? or reading recommendations> Thank you, Kathryn TaylorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04554630692323859458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-86682217792365663262014-09-21T17:06:32.454-07:002014-09-21T17:06:32.454-07:00Nevermind. It's Mente del bambino. Makes sense...Nevermind. It's <i>Mente del bambino</i>. Makes sense. ☺Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-83674855044872743982014-09-21T17:05:51.181-07:002014-09-21T17:05:51.181-07:00Also, do you happen to know what the original Ital...Also, do you happen to know what the original Italian title of <i>The Absorbent Mind</i> is? (I'm assuming <i>The Absorbent Mind</i> is a translation.) thanksGeremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-87142731981175089372014-09-21T16:52:17.410-07:002014-09-21T16:52:17.410-07:00Thank you. From here, it looks like Absorbent Mind...Thank you. From <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79064558/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, it looks like <i>Absorbent Mind</i> is her 2nd most popular book, her first being <i>Dr. Montessori's own handbook</i> by Maria Montessori.Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-9169005730090472022014-09-15T19:16:44.531-07:002014-09-15T19:16:44.531-07:00Alan, I would start with The Absorbent Mind. I'...Alan, I would start with The Absorbent Mind. I'd also recommend The Discovery of the Child, The Montessori Method and The Advanced Montessori Method. There are a few others, but these will give a thorough overview of her philosophy from birth through age 12.Michelle Irinyihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207743391055930670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-75322266474818211372014-09-12T20:15:52.919-07:002014-09-12T20:15:52.919-07:00Thank you for the thorough response. Is The Absorb...Thank you for the thorough response. Is <i>The Absorbent Mind</i> a good place to start to understand Montessori's entire educational philosophy? thanksGeremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-23681234513078468932014-09-12T12:44:43.021-07:002014-09-12T12:44:43.021-07:00Alan, it is a common misconception that Montessori...Alan, it is a common misconception that Montessori schools are devoid of discipline. Nothing can be farther from the truth: “The children in our schools are free, but that does not mean there is no organization. Organization, in fact, is necessary and if the children are to be free to work, it must be even more than thorough than in the ordinary schools.” (The Absorbent Mind, pg. 223) Children are not naughty, though their behavior at times may be undesired. They must learn appropriate behavior. Montessori seeks to teach through respect and modifications to the environment, rather through punitive measures. “Conscious will is a power which develops with use and activity. We must aim at cultivating the will, not at breaking it.” (The Absorbent Mind, pg 231) “Will and obedience then go hand in hand, inasmuch as the will is a prior foundation in the order of development, and obedience is a later stage resting on this foundation.” (The Absorbent Mind, pg. 234)<br /><br />"Let us always remember that inner discipline is something to come and not something already present. Our task is to show the way to discipline. Discipline is born when the child concentrates his attention on some object that attracts him and which provides him not only with a useful exercise but with a control of error. Thanks to these exercises, a wonderful integration takes place in the infant soul, as a result of which the child becomes calm, radiantly happy, busy, forgetful of himself and, in consequence, indifferent to prizes or material rewards." (The Absorbent Mind, pg. 236)<br /><br />I kindly encourage you to read Dr. Montessori’s book, The Absorbent Mind, especially chapters 18-26. In addition, you’ll find that Dr. Jane Nelsen’s work on Positive Discipline closely aligns with the Dr. Montessori’s ideas and views. <br /><br />I stand beside Dr. Montessori and the other clinicians who have said that children are not inherently naughty. “All the crosses made by the teacher on the child’s written work, all her scoldings, only have a lowering effect on his energies and interests. To tell a child he is naughty or stupid just humiliates him; it offends and insults, but does not improve him…The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not be being told he is naughty.” (The Absorbent Mind, pg. 224)<br />Michelle Irinyihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207743391055930670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-48516429577644760452014-08-29T19:30:49.166-07:002014-08-29T19:30:49.166-07:00"Yet the child, by his conduct, proves what w..."Yet the child, by his conduct, proves what we have just said." It does? How does she know children are not naturally naughty and it is just environment that causes them to be?<br /><br />You can place some children in a perfect environment and they will still be naughty. Active discipline is still necessary. Does the Montessori method include traditional disciplinary measures?Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-501824432676733753.post-84524705393880222302014-04-17T14:22:21.354-07:002014-04-17T14:22:21.354-07:00Thank you for this, I really needed the reminder t...Thank you for this, I really needed the reminder today. - An upper elementary guideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com