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Rainy Day Games

Rainy Day Games Occasionally during the afternoons we take out a bunch of games and building material for the children to use instead of doing regular classroom work. We have these as a reserve as well for rainy days when we can't go outside to play. I've been collecting games for some years, I can't [...]

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How we spend our days

How we spend our days "Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity. Ours is a culture that measures our worth as human beings by our efficiency, our earnings, our ability to perform this or that. The cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of [...]

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This New York pre-school is accepting bitcoins as tuition fees

The need for bitcoin Co-founder and Chairman of the Montessori Schools in Flatiron and Soho Marco Ciocca said that the growing inquisitiveness and inquiries from parents propelled them to go on-board with the decision of introducing bitcoins. Talking about the digital mode of payment, Ciocca says that increasing number of universities were using this payment option. He also said that bitcoins is proving to be of ease. […]

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Nanny, Daycare, or Montessori – Which is Best for Your Child?

Nanny, Daycare, or Montessori – Which is Best for Your Child? By Ski Taylor “The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth.”– Maria Montessori As a parent, you probably recognize that your child’s personality is unique and as different from the next, like a fingerprint or snowflake. But, did you know this may [...]

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Bluffview Montessori Explorer of the Week for Dec. 12-16

Its always nice to recognize Montessori students who are excelling in and outside of school. Manuel Cendejas is a third-grade student in the E1 environment of Molly Leifeld and is the son of Maribel Rubio. He was recognized by staff member Kim Bell for the virtue of consideration when he got right to work independently while [...]

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How A Montessori Mindset Can Transform Your Business

I’ll spare you the perfunctory context setting about how our globalized economy is moving at a rate of change unimaginable even a decade ago. It’s a given. Business models, product cycle times and even the Fortune 500 had a much longer shelf life in the 20th century than they do today. To remain competitive – [...]

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Prince George’s school: what makes the Montessori way so special?

Like father, like son –Prince George is following in the footsteps of his dad Prince William and will attend a Montessori school.  His Royal Cuteness, who will start at the Westacre Montessori School in Norfolk in January, will spend a few mornings a week at the nursery. William was the first senior royal to attend such a school. [...]

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Prince William attended a Montessori school

Analysis: What goes on in a Montessori nursery? The Montessori teaching method was developed by Italy's first female professor in the slums of Rome in the early 1900s. Working with special needs children, Dr Maria Montessori developed a child-centred approach using the classroom as her laboratory. Utilizing children's natural instinct to learn through play, children [...]

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Prince George will attend a Montessori Preschool

  Starting in January, two-year-old Prince George will attend Westacre Montessori School Nursery in Norfolk, not far from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Anmer Hall home, Kensington Palace has announced in a press release that included this comment by a spokesman for the school: “We are looking forward to welcoming George to our nursery where he will get the same [...]

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A Brief History on the Montessori Method

A Brief History Montessori education was founded by Dr. Maria Montessori as a result of her scientific observations of the behaviour and needs of young children. The first woman physician to graduate from the University of Rome, Maria Montessori became involved with education as a doctor treating children labelled as mentally challenged. In 1907 Montessori [...]

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