From left to right: Elaine Glier (CGMS IT Practicum Coordinator), Martha Carver (CGMS CO-Director of the new School Leadership program), Cathy Carpenter (Instructor for the Institute of Advanced Montessori Studies), Tanya Ryskind (CGMS EL IG), Jana Morgan Herman (CGMS EC IG), Kathy Leitch (CGMS IT Director, Co-Director CGMS School Leadership ...
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CGMS Graduate Opens School in Guatemala
My name is Alison and I am the founder of Antigua Montessori School, located in Guatemala. I opened the school with my mother six years ago, after obtaining my Early Childhood training from Washington Montessori Institute. The school started with just 3 students and went growing during our first year. Subsequently, more parents started hearing ...
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Help! How do I teach science with no science background?
Dear Ask a Montessorian, help! I feel overwhelmed with teaching elementary science. I don’t have a science background. There is so much preparation with scientific knowledge, finding the materials, setting up, creating lessons; buying the Montessori 3 or 5 part cards, and coming up with a creative follow-up activity to excite and inspire the ...
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The needs of the fourth plane of development, and their implications for secondary education
By Jonathan Wolff and Marc Seldin
What do colleges need from their new students? Are Montessori secondary programs meeting those needs?
Over the past three years, we have visited and met with professors and admissions officers at over 20 and colleges and universities. In these conversations, the picture which has emerged is that generally students ...
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Video Series: Montessori Materials Monday
IMC member school Rock Prairie Montessori School in Janesville, Wisconsin has a marketing feature called Montessori Materials Mondays that they share on social media and on their website. RPMS is fortunate to have faculty who are Instructional guides and graduates of the CGMS teacher training programs. The video snippets are short, 30 seconds or so ...
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