Do you know what the Bank Game is? Have you ever wondered how the Moveable Alphabet and Sandpaper Letters help your child learn to read? Do you think that the Snake Game involves learning about reptiles? If you do, the MMCA Parent Education Series is for you.
The MMCA Charter Council and MMCA PTA are sponsoring an MMCA teacher-facilitated education series to help parents of our students gain a better understanding of the activities within a Montessori classroom environment. These classes will be designed to give parents a hands-on learning experience. MMCA teachers will provide parents with a lesson on how to use classroom materials, and then parents will have the opportunity to put that lesson into practice.
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Parent Information Night Dates and Topics
Love and Logic Informational Meeting, TBD
Love & Logic Classes, TBD
Language Arts, TBD
Montessori Math, TBD
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Literature on the Montessori Philosophy
Parent Education can also be in the form of providing literature on the Montessori philosophy. Each classroom found an article that they felt was important for the parents to know about Montessori. These articles are presented below in a PDF format. Please refer to them to help you better understand Montessori teachings.
Montessori Pedagogy
-montessoricentenary.org
How Do Montessori Teachers Do That?
by Paul Clement Czaja, Ph.D.
Research shows benefits of Montessori Education
EcucationGardian.co.uk
Friday, September 29, 2006
Montessori 3-12…What next?
Those Mysterious Montessori Materials: The Road
from Concrete to Abstract Thinking-Tomorrow’s
Child Magazine: Back to School Edition 2002
Setting Limits-by
Katherine Kvols: What are Limits?
Introducing Food Preparation: The Savory
Side of Practical Life- by Dabra Gorman Cagle
Everyday Math Montessori LIFE. Summer 2004 p. 44
The Prepared Environment
-Tomorrow’s Child Magazine Back to School 2002 p. 14
Why Do Montessori Schools Group Children Together In Such Large Multi-Age Classes?
–Tomorrow’s Child Magazine Back to School pp. 14-15.
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