Tips on Professional Development for Montessori Teachers

Every year, school administrators and teachers sit down and plan professional development opportunities to benefit teachers and students ali...

A Montessori School Owner's Perspective: Preparing for the New Year

Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole which has roots in the most distant past and climbs toward...

A Teacher�s Perspective: The First Week of a Successful Montessori Elementary Year

In my Montessori elementary classroom, I spend the first week of school building on the foundations that I set on the first day � further es...

A Teacher's Perspective: Work Periods on the First Day of Montessori Elementary

In our previous blog , we discussed the first part of the first full day of school during which the students were introduced to the routines...

A Teacher�s Perspective: First Day Circle Routines for Montessori Elementary

The first day of school is very exciting for both students and teachers. I always look forward to the first day when I am able to greet stu...

Preparing Materials for the Montessori Environment

Montessori teachers spend a great deal of time and effort carefully preparing materials for the Montessori environment to meet the needs of ...

What I Like About the Beginning of the Montessori School Year

You know you are in the right profession when you look forward to the start of your work year. There are so many things I anticipate each ye...

NAMC is excited to tell you about our new website and our new look!

NAMC is celebrating our 20th year as the world leader in Montessori distance education and curriculum development. We are happy to recognize...

Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Your Montessori Classroom

By its very nature, the Montessori environment is beautiful. The use of natural objects and light add peace, harmony, and balance. They also...

Montessori Values: Becoming Stewards of Our Planet - Water Conservation

Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. �Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime ...

Montessori and Technology: Internet Research

Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him ...