by Tim Seldin | Aug 24, 2019 | Blog
If a dog was your teacher You would learn critical life skills like these: When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.Never pass up the opportunity to go for a ride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy. When...
by Tim Seldin | Aug 24, 2019 | Blog
Montessori Basics For Parents by Tim Seldin What makes Montessori different? The Montessori approach is often described as an “education for life.” When we try to define what children take away from their years in Montessori, we need to expand our vision...
by Tim Seldin | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
These are the essential characteristics of our secondary Montessori program: 1. We allow for individualized pacing where possible and appropriate. 2. Our program allows students ample opportunities, interwoven throughout the curriculum, to move around and work with...
by Tim Seldin | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
By Tim Seldin A hundred years ago most schools were very small in comparison with the large elementary schools and enormous middle and high schools that we find across America and in much of the rest of the world. The one-room schoolhouse was the traditional American...
by Tim Seldin | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically teenage behavior is caused by the growing and...
by Tim Seldin | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
Read about Montessori education and philosophy and how it applies to your child. As a start, read Tomorrow’s Child. We also recommend our books The Montessori Way and How To Raise An Amazing Child. Purchase a copy of The Michael Olaf Catalog(s). These wonderful...
by Tim Seldin | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
by Andrew McAfee Harvard Business Review (JULY 25, 2011) This piece was published a few years ago, but it is such a concise summary that I thought it worth sharing again. There are strident disagreements these days over every aspect of American educational policy,...
by Tim Seldin | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
Characteristics and Philosophy of Secondary Montessori Programs The Montessori approach to learning is the educational framework for the content and structure of the curriculum, as well as the policies and procedures in our Upper School/Secondary Program. The...
by Tim Seldin | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
Characteristics and Philosophy of Secondary Montessori Programs The Montessori approach to learning is the educational framework for the content and structure of the curriculum, as well as the policies and procedures in our Upper School/Secondary Program. The...
by Tim Seldin | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog
by Jackie Mader When schools slap the ‘Montessori’ name on their buildings, parents often don’t know what they’re getting. Austin, Texas — Mallory Foster was relieved when she, her husband and her stepson’s mother agreed that a local Montessori...
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