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Edison’s Day

17. March 2009

A must see Montessori Documentary! EDISON’S DAY (2006, 29 minutes) Today at school we had a meeting for all of the assistant teachers. My school conducts meetings once a month to discuss ways we can improve ourselves and our classrooms. I personally think meetings are a GREAT way to open up the lines of communication between [...]

Montefakes continued….

17. March 2009

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Check this video out explaining the differences between true Montessori schools and Monte-fakes.

Bringing Montessori Home

16. March 2009

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Montessori Your Home! Tip: Montessori Schools can be super expensive and most Parents who would like to send their children to a Montessori school simply can’t afford the high price tuition. My suggestion to you, is if you can’t bring your child to Montessori, then bring Montessori to your child. There are a plethora of books out [...]

It’s not easy being an intern….

15. March 2009

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4 albums down…1 more to go….. My final institute is in 3 weeks. I haven’t touched my language album. In fact, I think there is dust piling up on it as we speak! ( I know, shame on me). On top of that, I have my second consultation visit this week! The last time my consultant [...]

What type of Montessorian are you?

15. March 2009

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Maria Montessori devoted her entire life to creating materials that specifically coordinated with the natural development of the child. She got a lot of her ideas from her studies of Seguin and Itard, who were known for working with mentally handicap children. I recently read an article talking about Montessori materials, or the lack of, [...]

Don’t take Supernanny’s advice…..

14. March 2009

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Have you ever watched “The Super Nanny”? If not, don’t even bother. The show is a complete joke. Jo Frost, (a.k.a. The Super Nanny) offers by far some of the worst parenting advice I’ve ever heard in my life. The sad thing is, many naive parents actually believe there is some truth to what she [...]

Universal Pre-K…Is this good or bad?

13. March 2009

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Today, 20/20 aired a special report on Universal Pre-K in the United States. What exactly is Universal Pre-K? From my understanding, this is a program that would give every 4 year old in America access to “quality” preschool regardless of socioeconomic status. It is state-funded, meaning that all children would be able to go to school [...]

Yes we can!

12. March 2009

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I found a really cool website that takes your pictures and makes them look like that famous Obama poster that’s plastered everywhere! I had a fun time….Take a look for yourself! If you want to make your own Obamicon, click here to visit their website!

Monte-fakes!!!!!!!!!!

11. March 2009

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I get livid whenever I see schools call themselves “Montessori” and they don’t have a single Montessori material in their classrooms! Tacking on the name Montessori just gives them a reason to charge a few extra bucks! Agh! It makes “real” Montessori schools look bad. I think all Montessorians can agree when I say, we [...]

Do your kids drive you crazy?

10. March 2009

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If you answered “NO”….than you are LYING! LOL There are days when our children or students know which buttons to push to drive us all up the wall! (Mondays and Friday’s are especially the worse!) We are all human and it’s natural to be frustrated once in a while. In Montessori training, we are drilled about [...]