Montessori Education UK’s Annual Conference on Challenging Behaviour and its Management in a Montessori Environment was held on Saturday 21 May 2016, 9.45am – 4.30pm, at The Rembrandt Hotel, London. In this workshop, paediatric neuropsychologist Dr. Steven Hughes, past president of the American Academy of Paediatric Neuropsychology and chair of AMI’s research group, reviewed the physiology […]
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The development of the will is an essential part of the Montessori approach: “My second-born is strong-willed. That doesn’t mean he’s wrong or should be corrected to be obedient just for the sake of being obedient.” Article from Washington Post here
A very helpful article about transitions from the Children’s House to Montessori Elementary “To link transition to anything other than the child’s developmental characteristics, and to the child’s own decision to physically move to a new class, is to substitute the adult’s needs for those of the child.” More here
“Research by Kevin Rathunde of the University of Utah, conducted with Csikszentmihalyi, found that flow was higher in Montessori schools than in traditional schools because of the more flexible schedules of Montessori schools—students who are fully concentrating on a task are not interrupted as often.” Looks like Montessori ticks most of these boxes! Read more […]
Supported by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union The second transnational meeting of Montessori Adolescent Programme Inspiration project (MAPI) was held on 11th-13th March 2016 at the Austrian partner organization Montessori-Initiative Wieden (www.mi4.at). The first day started with a visit to the Elementary school in Vienna, before moving to the new Erdkinder which will commence […]
Following David Cameron’s call for a re-think into the way the prison system treats pregnant women, Louise Livingston, Director of Training at MMI talks to Ham & High about our Born Inside project: Hampstead training centre welcomes prison re-think for babies born behind bars
The Bayswater Children’s House put on a special show including the Dragon Dance to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2016.
Montessori Parent and Toddler sessions are being offered at our Hornsey Rise Children’s House. These 1 hour sessions are held weekly on Wednesdays from 14:00 to 15:00 during term time. The Hornsey Rise site has a dedicated environment for the 2 year olds as a part of the Children’s House, and some 2 year olds have joined […]
The Maria Montessori Institute is happy to hear that Prince George will be attending a Montessori school established by AMI teachers trained at our Training Centre in London. Lynne Lawrence, Executive Director of AMI, was delighted that Prince George will be joining a global community of children educated using the Montessori approach that focuses on creating a love of […]
The MMI recently attended the first international meeting of the Montessori Adolescent Programme Inspiration (MAPI) project which took place in Prague at the premises of Montessori školy Andílek. This project is supported from the EU programme for education, youth and sport: Erasmus+. Visit our Outreach section for more information.
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