Montessori Education

Intro to a method of education that is changing the world for the better, one unique child and parent at a time...

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Power laces, once a Back-To-The-Future fantasy now a reality of today! What will the parent-ed discussions look like when these cool new sneakers are available in kid sizes? #montessori #dressingframe

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Thank you, @JeffBezos -- the future looks bright!

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@ABM_Editor Maybe stop in one day and ask to observe in a classroom? Would love to hear your impression of what's going on inside...

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#montessori #independence

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“[F]rom the depths of the child’s soul we can draw something new, something useful for all of us, some light that would clarify the obscure causes of human behavior.” Maria Montessori, The Formation of Man

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#montessori #riseabove

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Listen in as teachers & parents explain how they aid their children and students, from a Montessori perspective. The Montessori Education Podcast, with Jesse McCarthy. iTunes: https://t.co/8i8aPfdAVD. Direct: https://t.co/4NKwKQYDZl

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This photo, taken 4/15/18, is of Maria Montessori's grave, which is located in the small seaside village where she passed away. Her tombstone reads ~"I beg the dear, all-powerful children to join me in creating peace in man and in the world."

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Children love to do "adult" work, if we let them.. https://t.co/YMmq1tToZ2

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"Would some of those kids feel bad? Yeah, and that's OK." Teaser from a clip about Montessori Elementary -- 'This Parakeet Teaches Life Lessons About Freedom & Failure' https://t.co/Y3KcEEYL1T

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"... the first step to take in order to become a Montessori teacher is to shed omnipotence and to become a joyous observer." Maria Montessori

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Happy birthday to the late Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, who once said: "I do not believe there is a method better than Montessori for making children sensitive to the beauties of the world and awakening their curiosity regarding the secrets of life."

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At times we can underestimate the goodness of children, but the story of Frederick Douglass' unconventional early education is a reminder of their potential to help lift us up to great heights as adults.

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"a little boy, of 2 1/2 years...managed quite unaided to undress himself [&] so great was his joy at this feat that, still in the state of nature, he ran into the drawing room where his mother was having a tea party & exclaimed triumphantly, ‘I did it all by myself!’” EM Standing

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The debate about Santa https://t.co/hgy2qIMHZO

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"She left the diary with me at night, in a briefcase next to the bed. I had promised her never to look in. I never did." Otto Frank, Anne Frank's father https://t.co/lfkj3YleDv

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Traditional school has to change. #montessori #mixedages https://t.co/KGBXnNWhyY

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“Within the child lies the fate of the future.” Maria Montessori

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Clip of Amazon's Jeff Bezos, on importance of failure: "When we’re kids, we're always doing trial and error, and we’re never embarrassed..." https://t.co/yRsqjGNrk3

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Failure is critical for innovation

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“By changing the center from the adult — and adult values — to the child, and his values, we should change the whole path of civilization.”