ARTICLES | February 2024 ISSUE
A Note from The Program Director
Dear Montessori Family Alliance Members, Welcome to 2024! Thank you for being part of our international community of Montessori families! Join us for our weekly Tuesday Family Life Webinar Series and our monthly Wit & Wisdom: Family Chat Sessions. Both broadcasts...
Communicating with Your Young Child
A young child’s receptive language develops sooner than their expressive language. This means they are capable of understanding much more than they can express. Honoring this intellectual development can be difficult when you feel you are constantly met with the...
Motivated to Grow: The Child’s Passion for Work
Independent work begins with choice, and choice is a necessary work element for self-development.Look in a Montessori classroom with twenty or more very busy children between the ages of almost three and six, and you will see children who are passionate about their...
In Pursuit of the Correct Answer: The Role of Process and Discovery in Montessori
Changing our View of Education: A Positive Approach The positive nature of the Montessori approach, with its emphasis on process and discovery, is central to why it works so well for children in their development. When Dr. Montessori lectured in London in 1946, she...
A Rock & Roll Story
Note from the Director: You may notice that this issue of Tomorrow’s Child has articles that reference both the practical and developmental purposes of the lessons in Montessori schools. This uplifting article about a rock band in a Montessori school is no exception....
What Does the Laundry Have to Do with it?
Practical Life is a fundamental part of the Montessori curriculum. Dr. Maria Montessori wrote, “Education should not just be preparation for university, but preparation for life.” We want our children to have the skills and knowledge to function very well...
Preparing a “Grand” Environment
In a Montessori school, step one is preparing the environment. Teachers spend days, sometimes weeks, preparing their classrooms for the new school year. They consider every student, what they love, what they need, and find a place for that in the room. Everything is...
Highlight Your School: Westminster School of Maryland
For more than a decade, I’ve watched as parents approach our front entry. As Director of Admissions, I can tell by the looks on our visitors’ faces that our hilltop campus has already made a favorable impression. Within sight of the nearby Blue Ridge mountains, the...
Land and Water Sorting
Help your child develop independence in caring for self and their environment. Purpose Vocabulary Enrichment for 30 months and up Materials Brown Construction Paper Basket Blue Construction Paper Land and water items to sort Cardstock Vehicles: Boats and Cars Scissors...
Dear Cathie: Building Concentration at Home
DEAR CATHIE— WE ARE SENDING OUR CHILD TO A MONTESSORI SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO CONCENTRATE, AMONG OTHER THINGS. WE ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE HER TO CONCENTRATE AND FOCUS AT HOME. WE SEE IT IN SCHOOL MUCH MORE THAN WE DO AT HOME. ANY ADVICE TO HELP US WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT...
Book Reviews by Lorna McGrath
Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World Written by Christy Hale I love this book for the classroom or at home! Christy Hale based this book on our land and water forms from the cultural area of Montessori classrooms. She not only wrote the text (of which...
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