Mentor Transcript: Primary (ADD, Handwriting, Conferences)

Primary: ADD, Handwriting, Conferences (February 23, 2010)
ADDHandwritingConferences.pdf

Mentor Transcript: Elementary (Going Out,Research,All Year Elementary)

Elementary: Going Out,Research,All Year Elementary (February 18, 2010)
GoingOutResearchAYM.pdf

Mentor Transcript: Primary (Language,PL,Assitant)

Primary: Language,PL,Assistant (February 16, 2010)
LangPLAssistant.pdf

Raising Generous Children

By Jennifer Rogers

Being very rich so far as I am concerned is having a margin. The margin is
being able to give. 

- May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude

Raising children who conduct their lives according to a moral or ethical standard has never been easy. Yet today’s parents and teachers – even those of us who continue to delight in our work with children – wonder if something significant about childhood is missing. We suspect our daily labors are more strenuous and disorienting than they were for our grandparents.

Video: Dr. Steve Hughes

Neuropsychologist, Dr. Steve Hughes, discusses the important qualities in early learning environments(specifically Montessori).

Mentor Transcript: Elementary (Art, Struggling Readers, Materials in 9-12)

Elementary: Art, Struggling Readers, Materials in 9-12 (February 11, 2010) artStrugglingReadersMaterials912.pdf

Mentor Transcript: Primary (Silence Game-Settling Class)

Primary: Silence Game-Settling Class (February 9, 2010) SilenceGameSettledClass.pdf

Mentor Transcript: Toddler (Music-Settling Class)

Toddler: Music-Settling Class (February 9, 2010) musicSettlingClass.pdf

Video: Learning for Life

Countryside Montessori presents: Learning for Life. Children from birth to six have limitless motivation to learn. See how teachers spend their time guiding, not disciplining.

Mentor Transcript: Elementary (Follow-up Work )

Elementary:Journals, Follow-up Work (February 4, 2010) Jobs_Journals_Follow-up_Work.pdf

Mentor Transcript: Toddler (Baking )

Toddler: Baking (February 2, 2010) Baking.pdf

Mentor Transcript: Primary (Variety of Topics)

Primary: Variety of Topics (February 2, 2010) variety_of_topics.pdf

Video: Do Schools Kill Creativity?

Do schools kill creativity? by Sir Ken Robinson, presented at 2006 TED conference.

 

Video: Will Wright

Game Designer Will Wright, Montessori graduate, talks about how his Montessori experience influenced his mega success in the field of video game design.

 

You and Your Infant - Eating with Grace

By Krista Delaney

This can’t really be possible…….or can it?

Around six months of age, your child will progress from needing help to sit up to sitting up on his own. The use of his hands is continuing to become more coordinated each and every day. You have probably thought about or have already started to feed him some soft foods like cereal and vegetables. What an exciting time for both of you. Just think, new flavors and varieties of food for your child and a little more freedom for you. With a little bit of patience, you can begin teaching your child, who is now sitting up, to feed himself with you.