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 observations were only about marking down on record-keeping sheets which presentations were given, when the child had practiced the activity, and when they mastered it... and then I read a quote from Dr. Montessori that started me questioning my observational practices.
Following the Child through Observation in the Montessori Environment
Since the teacher’s task was to free each child to learn, and since each child, responding to the inner laws of his own organism, had diff...
Educating the Whole Child in the Montessori Environment
The essential thing is to arouse such an interest that it engages the child's whole personality. —Maria Montessori The Absorbent M...
History Timelines in the Montessori Lower Elementary Classroom
Illustrated as it must be by fascinating charts and diagrams, the creation of earth as we now know it unfolds before the child’s imaginatio...
Challenging Behaviors in the Early Childhood Environment
They [misbehaviors] are merely his reactions to an environment that has become inadequate...But we do not notice that. And since it is...
NAMC’s 20 Lessons from 20 Years: Encourage Freedom of Exploration
As Montessorians, we welcome children to explore all the time. It is through their exploration and hands-on learning that they understand...
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 ...
Upper Elementary Field Trips: A Passage to Abstraction
The child's development follows a path of successive stages of independence, and our knowledge of this must guide us in our behavior ...
Studying Zoology in the Montessori Lower Elementary Classroom
Nothing awakens foresight in a small child, who lives as a rule for the passing moment and without care for the morrow, so much as this. Whe...
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Thank you to the NAMC Montessori community!
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!