Meant to inspire and ignite the child’s imagination, the Five Great Lessons are a catalyst for the Montessori elementary curriculum. Told too quickly, the lessons become meaningless, causing the children’s imaginations to jump from one concept to another. When we imagine, we are using abstract thought to think of things that cannot be seen. The follow-up lessons that come from each of the Five Great Lessons are used to materialize these abstractions. In other words, the children prove the existence of the wonders of the universe through concrete exploration.
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Showing posts with label Montessori Teacher Development. Show all posts
What’s the Rush? When Presenting the Five Great Lessons, Slow Down
The Five Great Lessons are thought to be the catalyst of the Montessori elementary cultural curriculum. From the origins of the universe t...
Montessori Freedom: Setting Limits with Positive Statements (Part 2)
In our previous blog, we discussed the importance of having consistent, predictable rules and limits in order for children to feel safe an...
Being an Attentive Observer in the Montessori Classroom: Our Primary Role
I have a confession to make. When I first became a Montessori teacher, I didn’t know the first thing about observing children. I thought o...
The Joys of Owning and Running a Montessori School
Education should no longer be mostly imparting knowledge but must take a new path seeking the release of human potential —Maria Montessori ...
NAMC’s 20 Lessons from 20 Years: Find Inspiration in the Work of Others
Sometimes when you are starting on a new venture, you need a little pep talk – some motivation to encourage you. One of the best ways of d...
NAMC's 20 Lessons from 20 Years: Make Every Opportunity a Value-Added One
Over the past 20 years, NAMC has grown as a world-class Montessori training and curriculum provider partly due to our ability to recogniz...
NAMC's 20 Lessons from 20 Years: Keep Trying
Keep trying. To understand the value of this lesson, all we have to do is look to the children in our Montessori classrooms. That’s exactly...
New Montessori Opportunities: Preparing for Interviews
Going on a job interview can be very stressful. In fact, changing to a different line of work ranks 18 out of 43 on the Holmes-Rahe Str...
NAMC's 20 Lessons from 20 Years: Make Mistakes
The idea of making a mistake sometimes prevents us from trying something new or making a change. Often, we can reduce our worries by thinki...
NAMC's 20 Lessons from 20 Years: Take Risks
When I began NAMC 20 years ago, I had no way of knowing for sure whether my idea would be successful. I knew from my own experience that NA...
NAMC Montessori Manuals: Twenty Years of Innovation and Distinction
When founder and program director Dale Gausman began NAMC, one of his goals was to make Montessori learning an inclusive experience that ...
Response to Intervention (RTI) in the Montessori Environment
The child's development follows a path of successive stages of independence, and our knowledge of this must guide us in our behavior tow...
The Absorbent Mind, Chapter 27: The Teacher's Preparation
Permit me to repeat … some words which have helped us to keep in mind all the thing of which I have been speaking. It is not a prayer, but ...
Observing the Child: Tips for Developing a Montessori Teaching Strategy
One of the most important roles the Montessori teacher has is to observe. We observe how students spend their time and note what they are d...
Tips on Professional Development for Montessori Teachers
Every year, school administrators and teachers sit down and plan professional development opportunities to benefit teachers and students ali...
Preparing Materials for the Montessori Environment
Montessori teachers spend a great deal of time and effort carefully preparing materials for the Montessori environment to meet the needs of...
Montessori and Technology: Internet Research
Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within h...
Working with Executive Function Challenges in the Montessori Environment
To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control, is to betray the idea of freedom. —Maria Montessori Th...
Talking About Montessori: Building Links to Your Community
I recently traveled to Southern California to visit my sister and her family. While there, I met some of her friends who also have presch...
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This year marks NAMC’s 20th anniversary of providing quality Montessori distance training and curriculum development to Montessorians around the globe. Since we began in 1996, we have grown to build a fantastic community of students, graduates, and schools in over 120 countries. We are grateful for your continued support and dedication to furthering the reach and success of the Montessori method. Thank you for sharing this amazing milestone with us!