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Webinar: Newcomers in the Family

Webinar: How To Create Closeness during the Holidays

by | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Webinars / MFA

How to Create Closeness: Tips to Connect with Your Family During the Holidays. One of the things we long for the most during the holidays, and year round, are deep connections. Some of us never had a model of how to connect as children making it harder to know how to create it with our own families. Some of us just need some fresh ideas. In this webinar, we will give you some easy, practical ways that you can implement to make this one of the best holiday seasons ever!

Webinar: Let’s Get Grounded Breathing Techniques

Webinar: Let’s Get Grounded Breathing Techniques

by | Health / Nutrition, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Webinars / MFA

A conversation with Hillary Drinkell – Healthy breathing is the foundation to our physical and mental wellness. Last time Hillary was our guest she shared breath techniques for grounding. In this session she shared several other breath techniques. Students, teachers and parents can easily learn how to affect positive changes in their mind-body systems this way.

Webinar: Helping Your Child Get Organized / Part 2

Webinar: Anticipate, Participate, Cooperate

by | Family Resources, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Webinars / MFA

Being with young children can be a heartwarming experience as well as a challenging one at times. Lorna will explore ways of communicating and responding to them that will allow for independence while avoiding the pitfalls of power struggles and tantrums. The focus will be on expressive and receptive language and some social/emotional development. APC is an easy way to remember how adult interactions with young children can be successful and productive for both the child and the adult.

Webinar: Helping Your Child Get Organized / Part 2

Webinar: A Conversation about Brain Development

by | Brain Development, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Webinars / MFA


Montessori Family Life host, Lorna McGrath, talks with Carrie Contey, PhD, parenting coach. In
this session, Carrie shared insights on brain development and the new science
of cooperation through connection. Participants will leave with their parenting
tool box filled with new and effective strategies for making day-to-day family
life easier, more fun and deeply satisfying.

It normally takes a week to convert and post the most recent
recording to the website.

Please send your questions or feedback to
lornamcgrath@montessori.org

This is an ongoing program of free webinars sponsored by The
Montessori Family Alliance, a special project of the Montessori Foundation.

Each week on Tuesdays at 1 PM Eastern Time in the USA (GMT
-4) The Montessori Foundation leadership hosts interesting guests or explores
issues of importance to parents of children attending Montessori schools from
infants to teenagers.

Sign up for the series and you will have a unique log-in
link.

We will send you a reminder of each week’s session and a
description of the topic;

Sessions are recorded and, when uploaded, and are available
to members of the Montessori Family Alliance in the Alliance Members’ Resource
Center a few days after each session. An individual Family Alliance username
and password are required. Recordings can be viewed at your leisure.

The Montessori Family Alliance is a new international
network of Montessori parents, teachers, and friends of Montessori. We focus on
issues of children, Montessori education, and Montessori family life from
infants and toddlers through teens.

The Montessori Family Alliance reaches out to parents like
you who have interest in or a connection to the Montessori community,
encouraging them to choose Montessori for their children, assisting the schools
that they choose to help orient them to the principles of Montessori education,
inspiring them to become more supportive and positively engaged in their
children’s school communities, and to share stories about how specific
Montessori schools have designed new facilities and developed fascinating programs,
sharing stories of present and former Montessori students,and continuing to
share information about ongoing research that supports the effectiveness of
Montessori education.

Learn more or join the Montessori Family Alliance today at
https://stage.montessori.org/familyalliance

Webinar: Helping Your Child Get Organized / Part 2

Webinar: Keeping Your Child’s Mind Engaged during Summer

by | MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Webinars / MFA

Lorna McGrath spoke with Cheryl Allen, an Elementary Guide and Montessori teacher educator. Even Montessori parents and guides sometimes become anxious in this time of so much emphasis on “achievement” about making sure that our children are keeping up during school breaks. Cheryl has some really great ideas for activities for keeping young minds active and challenged in fun ways when “school’s out.” You won’t want to miss this session.
Sessions are recorded and, when uploaded and are available to members of the Montessori Family Alliance in the Alliance Members’ Resource Center a few days after each session. An individual Family Alliance username and password are required. Recordings can be viewed at your leisure.
The Montessori Family Alliance is a new international network of Montessori parents, teachers, and friends of Montessori. We focus on issues of children, Montessori education, and Montessori family life from infants and toddlers through teens.
The Montessori Family Alliance reaches out to parents like you who have interest in or a connection to the Montessori community, encouraging them to choose Montessori for their children, assisting the schools that they choose to help orient them to the principles of Montessori education, inspiring them to become more supportive and positively engaged in their children’s school communities, and to share stories about how specific Montessori schools have designed new facilities and developed fascinating programs, sharing stories of present and former Montessori student, educatioand continuing to share information about ongoing research that supports the effectiveness of Moneducation.

 

Webinar: Separation Anxiety

Webinar: Separation Anxiety

by | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Teachers, Psychology, Webinars / MFA

August 23 – Lorna McGrath – Separation Anxiety: “Yikes! I’ve got it!”
In this session Lorna will focus on the young child and her first days of school – saying “Good-bye.” Who has more anxiety? You or your child? Lorna will share tips for parents to make those good byes go more smoothly and comfortably for the child, the parents, and the teachers.

Webinar: Transitioning Children into Montessori

by | MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Webinars / MFA

Are you considering starting your child in a Montessori school at four years old, 8 years old, 15 years old? Robin Howe, Associate Head of NewGate School, explains the in’s and out’s of the admission process when new older students and their families wish to start in Montessori. Schools carefully consider many factors before admitting older students with the goal of making the best match for the student and family as well as the school.