"Teachers rave about the hundreds of important lessons learned upon the rug. It is a magic carpet in more ways than you can imagine."
What inspired you to create the rug? Before becoming a Montessori teacher, I worked as an interior designer and actress in Chicago. I was drawn to the beauty of a Montessori classroom when my children were of ...
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Publications
CGMS Graduate Publishes Children’s Book
Bethany Ann recently published Big Feelings, a book for children about coping with strong emotions.
"After completing the Early Childhood Montessori Certification (ages 3-6) at The Center for Guided Montessori Studies in 2018, the view I had of children was forever changed. Realizing their innate abilities and gifts by observing them really ...
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Publication: Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology: A Montessori Perspective
Author and philosopher Patrick Frierson draws on the work of Maria Montessori and contemporary virtue epistemologists such as Linda Zagzebski and Jason Baehr in Intellectual Agency and Virtue Epistemology, presenting a new interpretation of the nature of intellectual agency and its associated virtues. ...
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Fellowship awarded for publication of ‘Maria Montessori’s Moral Philosophy’
Patrick Frierson of Whitman College, was awarded a $40,000 Fellowship for his new publication on the moral philosophy of Dr. Montessori ...
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New publication: Effective Discipline the Montessori Way
Author Charlotte Cushman addresses why children are not getting the guidance and correction that they need and makes the case that the correct discipline practices are based on the educational principles advocated by Maria Montessori. ...
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