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Danner, Natalie; Fowler, Susan A. – Journal of Montessori Research, 2015
Montessori and non-Montessori general education early childhood teachers were surveyed about their attitudes toward including children with disabilities and providing these students access to the curriculum. Both groups reported similar and positive system-wide supports for inclusion within their schools. Montessori teachers reported having less…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, General Education
Conklin-Moore, Alyssa – NAMTA Journal, 2017
Alyssa Conklin-Moore discusses normalization in the child under three from several perspectives. She takes an extensive look at the child, including orienting parents to the Montessori environment, the child's entrance into the environment, addressing the sensitive periods, and fostering independence, contribution, and community. She reminds the…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Child Development, Personal Autonomy
Black, Connie – NAMTA Journal, 2014
All the basics of the Montessori prepared environment are put into an extraordinary context of community and nurturing through personal encounter. The article emphasizes the longitudinal impact of an intentional community that results in character and concentration and looks to the spiritual attributes of the child in relation to the tangible…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Spiritual Development, Sense of Community
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Epstein, Ann – Journal of Montessori Research, 2015
Teachers of young children work closely with families. One component of teacher-family partnerships is teachers' understanding of family priorities and stressors. This study examines Montessori Early Childhood (ages three through six) teacher perceptions of family priorities and stressors through an analysis of responses to two parallel surveys.…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Stress Variables, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Abraham, Jerry – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2012
Each school, in some way, makes decisions that alter classrooms in order to satisfy the needs of students, concerns of parents, requirements of governing bodies, and other factors that need to be addressed. It is an ongoing juggling act that schools must constantly deal with in evaluating the effectiveness of their individual programs. Through…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Early Childhood Education, Montessori Schools, Teaching Methods
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Peters, Dane L. – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2012
Unquestionably, Maria Montessori's insights into child development were both innate and learned, derived from her many years of working with children. Her work, practices, philosophy, and passion have staying power that, so far, spans a century and are a testament to her dedication and abilities. In this article, the author explains why he sees…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
Quick, Kimberly – Century Foundation, 2018
In a gentrifying area of St. Louis, Missouri, City Garden Montessori School is an integrated haven in a segregated city, as well as an active voice for racial justice and reconciliation. Realizing its power to both reflect and change its neighborhood, the school commits itself to harnessing its unique position to push for effective public policy…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Social Justice, Racial Bias, Public Schools
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Johnson, Kelly – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2013
Current research suggests that nature experience and the cultivation of environmental literacy among students contributes to creative thinking, improved academic performance, and positive relationships with the natural world (Children and Nature Network, retrieved June 2013). Author Kelley Johnson saw this in her own childhood, which was blessed…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Gardening, Outdoor Education
Montessori, Maria – NAMTA Journal, 2013
This article vividly describes the indoor and outdoor components of what Montessori calls Home Sweet Home. Her vision of a domestic Children's House contains many facets: rooms of varied space, beautiful flooring, gardens that educate and evoke collaboration, and places for year-round exercise. This is a definitive yet rare Montessori article that…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Educational Environment, Physical Environment
Soholt, Polli – NAMTA Journal, 2013
Polli Soholt writes about advanced practical life and demonstrates that adding more challenge and complexity for older children leads to more social cooperation. Activities such as washing dishes, polishing, sewing, and food preparation take the child beyond the need to refine basic skills. The older primary children find more reality in tasks…
Descriptors: Children, Housework, Skill Development, Elementary School Students
Kofa, Linda – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Students in grades 3 and 4 attending a traditional public elementary school in a northeastern state did not meet proficiency levels in mathematics as measured by the state's assessment system. Published reports indicated that students attending the Montessori programs were more proficient in solving math problems compared to students in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Montessori Method
Joyce, Maura – NAMTA Journal, 2014
Maura Joyce's clear approach to initiating parent education is to recognize where the parents are on their own journey as parents. By listening to the parents' hopes, fears, and desired outcomes for their children acknowledges the family's perspective and brings mutuality into a shared community. Maura Joyce encourages the use of questionnaires…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Questionnaires, Feedback (Response), Parent Teacher Cooperation
Trierweiler, Ginny – NAMTA Journal, 2014
Family Star Montessori School is well acquainted with "under-three" child care having served 3000 children over the last twenty-three years. Many of the children come from below the poverty line and bring strong diversity to the enrollment of the program. More than half of our faculty are also diverse, coming from Peru, Bulgaria,…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Preschool Education, Infants
Sillick, Audrey – NAMTA Journal, 2013
Audrey Sillick's article, first printed in 1988, provides a theory base for Maria Montessori's foundational emphasis on the biological sciences and the sustainability of a living, organic planet Earth as part of the educational process "of becoming more fully human." Ms. Sillick helps link primary-level biology with the special energy…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Science Education, Biological Sciences
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Jokanovic, Lila S. – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2013
The children and staff at Council Oak Montessori enjoy a unique opportunity to experience Dr. Montessori's theory of Cosmic Education through all of its stages--from the 3-year-old who first comes to the school to the 15-year-old who completes its Middle School program. And it makes the author thinks much more actively about how the faculty and…
Descriptors: School Activities, Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Early Childhood Education
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