Mario Montessori is Maria Montessori’s son. Shared by Blake Stephenson who commented:I don’t remember where I found this video. If I shouldn’t post this video, please let me know and I’ll take it down. I was going to delete it …
Excellent BBC documentary about this great Italian educator, included in the series «Extraordinary Women», broadcast on SIC Caras, on October 18, 2014
Today’s kindergartens are becoming more like the rest of school, with children filling out math worksheets and drilling on phonics flash cards. Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the reverse: the rest of school (in fact, the rest of life) should …
Inspired by her child’s experience in a forest preschool in Germany, Frances Krusekopf has developed a pilot project for kindergarten children to take their learning outdoors – and it has begun to take off. Inspired by her child’s experience in …
Nature is a classroom. For most of our evolution, our human ancestors spent their entire lives immersed in Nature — observing and interacting with the plants, animals, and natural resources around them to figure out how to survive and thrive. …
Finding conformity to be exhausting, Lora Smothers went natural. With her passion for education, she believes that going natural is the secret to teaching children to explore and develop their unique interests and curiosities. In the spirit of ideas worth …
Our education system got us to our current state of evolution, but Bandile Phiri doesn’t believe it is right for the needs of future students. She calls for more hands-on, creative education models that connect students with nature, inspiring advances …
Michelle Graham is an Association Montessori International Directress. AMI is the organization founded in l929 by Dr. Maria Montessori, to champion the cause of all children and to safeguard the philosophy, teachings and principals of the Montessori approach to education. …
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Karin Ann is a revolutionist in the education sector. Her talk covers the thinking behind the school she started, the Montessori School. A very interesting …
We are all familiar with situation when parents and teachers lost their patience, they will grab over whatever the children is doing and start to do by themselves, especially towards young children. Letitia thinks even young children have the ability …