Nurturing Wellbeing in Children, Schools, and the World Oh, what a whirlwind of ideas, learning opportunities, reminiscences, re/connections, and just plain old fun we all had this past November! After a 2021 conference with quite a few health restrictions, 2022 was...

I want to acknowledge you for stopping long enough to connect with this issue’s authors and content. Taking the time to read a magazine (a work-related magazine at that) is a decision to “not” do something else, maybe something seemingly more important. I hope you...

With a bold black chiseled marker, I wrote FREE on a scrap piece of cardboard, and with that word came the end of our very last Spring Carnival. Sitting on the curb in front of our school was the last remnants of an event that had become unwieldy over the years; a...

I was working at a high school for children with language and literacy disorders when I met Jenny, a ninth-grader with severe anxiety. Often, she felt so nervous in class that she ran out. Her teachers panicked. Someone had to search the school. Kids and teachers...

Montessori school leaders and classroom teachers are expressing their concerns about the wide range in learning and behavior they are seeing in their students. Many feel at a loss in how best to support and “manage” these differences. And too many think the solution...

In the words of beloved “Peanuts” author Charles Schulz, “Happiness is a warm puppy.” That sentiment succinctly sums up all the joyous feelings and positive benefits derived from the therapy and comfort dog program at Five Oaks Academy (FOA) in Simpsonville, South...

I was just a youngster coming out of preschool, knowing only the basics. I first entered Montessori schooling at the mere age of four. I didn’t know then that it would change my life forever. Everything from the environment to the people was much different than I had...

Every year in January, one of us will write an article about the importance of children who are turning five completing the three-year cycle of the Montessori Early Childhood program. We do this because this is a decision that is truly important for any child who has...

As a loyal follower of Dr. Montessori, I would love to speak to her. If I could speak to her today, I would ask her about the fantastic Cosmic Education and the Five Great Lessons she assembled back in 1940 and pose the question, how do we build upon those lessons...

Innovation Montessori began in a strip mall in Winter Garden, Florida. Our school was started by a group of parents at a local Montessori primary school who wanted their children’s Montessori education to continue beyond the 3-6 classrooms. They decided to write a...

The International Montessori Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Teri Canaday Freeman and Cathie Perolman as the new Co-Chairs of the IMC Teacher Education Committee. Cathie and Teri have been IMC-TEC committee members for several years and now bring a...

The start of a new year ranks solidly at the top of favorite seasons at MACTE. We are energized to reexamine our forever-expanding project list and strategize how to reach our goals for 2023. The new year means conference season is right around the corner, and we...