An overflow crowd of more than two dozen excited diminutive students and their proud family members filled the Mill Room located in The Factory in Wake Forest NC Thursday June 25, for graduation/moving up festivities. Our Children's House teacher Mrs. Amanda, one of four instructors currently at the school, said 18 preschool students were graduating to kindergarten level [...]
St. Patrick's Day is a great way to get children to eat healthy green foods! In our Montessori environment we look for ways to integrate healthy eating into our classroom! In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day we will be making green smoothies!!! Feel free to use our recipe and make one at home with [...]
Beyond the Pink Tower: What Parents Need to Know about the Primary Montessori Prepared Environment By Mary Da Prato A Montessori Casa, or classroom for three to six year old students, consists of three core elements: developmentally appropriate mixed-age groups, the trained Montessori guide, and a complete set of the official scientifically designed Montessori manipulatives.[1] [...]
Sept. 27, 2006 -- New research suggests that children who attend Montessori schools may have an edge over other children in terms of both academic and social development. But an early education researcher who spoke to WebMD says the study was far too small to be conclusive. Researchers tested 30 5-year-olds and 29 12-year-olds attending [...]
Over the years we have interviewed several families inquiring about the curriculum at Wake Forest Montessori and how it compares to traditional childcare settings. We've compiled a list of the 7 most frequently asked questions we receive during a tour of our school: 1. I've heard that Montessori has no structure; the kids get to [...]
Montessori is an approach to working with children that is carefully based on what has been learned about children’s cognitive, neurological and emotional development. The Montessori approach has been acclaimed by some of America’s top experts on early childhood and elementary education as the most developmentally appropriate model currently available. The Montessori method focuses on [...]
North Carolina families will soon have additional opportunities for educating their children. Thanks to the passage of the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Act, qualified families will be eligible for tuition assistance up to $4200 per year. The North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Act was passed by the General Assembly in July 2013 and will help students who often [...]
There are strident disagreements these days over every aspect of American educational policy, except for one. Everyone thinks it would be great if we could better teach students how to innovate. So shouldn't we be paying a great deal of attention to the educational method that produced, among others, Larry Page, Sergei Brin, Jeff Bezos, [...]
From our friends, Seemi and Rashidah at Trillium Montessori in Cary, we are treated to a young Montessori learner in the beginning stages of learning to read. The Montessori reading curriculum has three essential components: A strong foundation in phonics, comprehension based on visualization, and whole language, or learning to read for meaning and using context clues. Montessori reading [...]
Why good teachers should command higher pay What is the value of a teacher that is Montessori certified, speaks three languages and employed at a language immersion preschool? Teachers compare to none other than the parent in a kids life. Teachers have been able to mold so many lives, through their classes and other forums [...]
