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How Montessori Education Prepares Children for Life Beyond School
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack This blog is based on our recent presentation, "An Education For Life: How We Prepare Our Children For Adulthood," on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at 7pm, given by...
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A Montessori Approach to Helping Children who are Stealing or Lying
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack Stealing and Lying from a Montessori Perspective Stealing and lying are two deviations from healthy behavior. They are perfectly normal things for children to do,...
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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Must-see Wildlife in April and May
Submitted by Abbey White, Naturalist We may have made it to April, but it certainly has not yet looked or felt like spring in the Midwest. Frigid temperatures, gloomy skies, and occasional snow...
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Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius, Third Edition Continuing her own Montessori research in the intervening years since she wrote her book in 2005, Dr. Lillard has now completed a third edition...
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Lose Those “Summertime Blues!”
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack Summer is supposed to be fun—a relaxing time for families. But parents can also feel very stressed in the summertime. You can begin to feel like a prisoner of...
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Our Living Land Laboratory
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack If you happen to drive past the school this summer, I encourage you to take a peek at the amazing prairie and everything growing there. This is our “land...
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An Education that Matches Children’s Development
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack Montessori Uniquely Informs Educators The Montessori approach of education is different from any other from the outset: Dr. Montessori recognized the importance...
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The Four Planes of Development: Child Development in Four Questions
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack In this article we examine the Four Planes of Development observed by Dr. Maria Montessori, describing some of the hallmarks of each plane and how Montessori...
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Expect the Best, Prepare for the Worst, Survive the Fall Trip
Submitted by Abbey White The Secondary Level students, their co-Directors, and I recently returned from a two-week fall trip to a non-profit outdoor camp in Hudson, Wisconsin. On the very last day of...
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Natural or Man-Made: What Do Children Need First?
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack Nature or "Supranature?" What “worlds” do our children need to be exposed to for understanding the world they are growing up in? Do children raised in cities...
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Fostering Your Child’s Imagination: Fantasy vs. Reality
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack When our son was four, I was surprised to see him actually lick a photograph with his tongue. He sat back and stared at it, and then said in a bewildered tone,...
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Screen Time and Your Child’s Development: A Montessori Perspective
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack In a previous blog, A Montessori Guide to Technology and Teens, we explored how we can help our adolescents begin to use technology responsibly, as part of...
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In Pursuit of the Correct Answer: The Role of Process and Discovery in...
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack 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...
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Angeline Lillard Research Survey
Montessori Citizens: Continuing the Science Dr. Angeline Lillard and her research team at the University of Virginia are seeking participants for a study of people’s lives and school histories, and...
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The First Months: Developing an Outlook for Life
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack Education Begins at Birth Long before neuroscience revealed that rapid brain development happens in the first years of a child’s life in a way that never happens...
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The Birth of the Scientific Mind: Montessori Science, Part I
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack It Begins with Observation To help our children develop scientific minds, we first focus on their powers of observation. Babies observe their surroundings from...
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Cultivating the Scientific Mind: Montessori Science, Part II
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack The continuation of this article, now referring to Montessori science for Upper Elementary-aged children and to adolescents, is partly based on my notes from...
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A New Resource for Parents and Educators: “Montessori from the Start”...
Education Begins at Birth Dr. Maria Montessori, a trained physician who specialized in pediatrics and psychiatry before establishing her own educational philosophy and approach, recognized that...
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Talking to Children About Money
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack A Tough Topic for Many, an Essential Topic for All Money can be a topic wrought with emotion and social confusion. Children pick up on the ambiguity, the...
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Expect the Best, Prepare for the Worst, Survive the Fall Trip
Submitted by Abbey White The Secondary Level students, their co-Directors, and I recently returned from a two-week fall trip to a non-profit outdoor camp in Hudson, Wisconsin. On the very last day of...
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