The Montessori approach to education teaches academic subjects, but also nurtures a child's emotional health and social skills Children in Montessori schools are encouraged to learn and experiment ...

A first-of-its-kind national trial shows that public Montessori preschool students enter kindergarten with stronger reading, ...

Guinyard Elementary School teacher Wanda Green sits in a circle surrounded by her class of first- and second-grade students to explain the concept of even and odd numbers. The students sing a song to ...

Montessori is about guiding others to learn or reclaim their skills. While usually applied to children, there is some research being done with dementia patients. Minor adjustments, like an ...

Choosing the right school or learning style for your little one can be overwhelming and often feel like a major life decision. After all, you want to start them out on the right foot and pick an ...

A primary school student works on her spelling using "movable alphabet" materials at Nature's Classroom Montessori School. Many educators throughout Milwaukee and Wisconsin have embraced the ...

We are in the middle of a renovation project to our 100-year-old house. As I was packing “stuff” to move from one bedroom to another, I came upon a box of drawings and daily reports from Ms. Diane — ...

As head of the Montessori Center School, Melanie Jacobs believes that the Montessori method — which nurtures students’ natural curiosity and gets them interested, engaged, and invested in their own ...

I can’t stand seeing energy wasted on unproductive choices in education, especially literacy, when there has been a mastery-based method tested and recognized as effective for over 100 years. I am ...

Founding the first modern Montessori school in the U.S. turned red-haired Nancy McCormick Rambusch from a housewife into a stormy prophetess. Her success in setting up the Whitby School in Greenwich, ...