| Get the latest in Montessori news and job postings, courtesy of CGMS | |  | | Montessori school in Mariana Islands will integrate native languages and history | | Isla Montessori School in Dandan, Saipan of the Mariana Island chain south of Japan, will incorporate the Austronesian languages Carolinian and Chamorro. Led by Susan Book and Diana Silveira, AMI and AMS respectively, the school will also offer parent education and community outreach. | | Read More → |  | | Ask a Montessorian | | Help! A student's challenging behavior seems unnoticed by her parents. What should I do? | | Read More → |  | | Texas Montessori CEO among panel to discuss architectural resiliency and design's effect on the learning process | | Sara Cotner, founder and CEO of Magnolia Montessori for All in Austin, emphasized the importance of creating spaces for collaboration and community for adults and children alike. Her school's building was designed by Page Architects, also on the panel, which covered resilient architecture as well, in light of recent natural disasters. | | Read More → | | |  Train Online With a High Quality Montessori Certification Program The Center for Guided Montessori Studies offers comprehensive Montessori online training programs. Requisite certificates distributed on course completion. • Life-style Friendly
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| | | Nigerian Montessori student publishes second novel | 10-year-old Munachi Mbonu, a student of Grande Oakbridge Montessori School in Lagos State, Nigeria, has written for fun since early Elementary school and was inspired by friendship and family to publish two novels.
Read More → | | | Training program becomes first accredited online Montessori Secondary program, adds international locations for review | The Center for Guided Montessori Studies has announced that the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education has unanimously voted to approve the Secondary I & II certification programs, with North Carolina and Indiana as approved residential sites. New international locations, if approved, will bring Montessori training to Asia and the Middle East.
Read More → | | | Montessori 6th graders use grant, purchase art for their school as part of ongoing grant program. | 24 schools in Denver this year were awarded $500 grants to purchase art for their schools. Run by Susan Boehnke, the program is run with Janus Henderson Investors to provide quality art pieces to area schools. The Montessori students negotiated directly with the artist, Aaron Hequembourg, to obtain a desired painting for their school.
Read More → | | | Guest Contributor: Maren Schmidt | "Children naturally come with an intense self-generated ability to focus attention. It is how we are wired as human beings to learn...children's brains are seeking opportunities to create this deep concentration by choosing activities that are interesting to them..." Read more about how to support this natural inclination in each of our students.
Read More → | | | Montessori Assistant Principal presents robot, coding used at Waco Independent School District's Tech Summit | Hailey Dean, Assistant Principal of Lake Air Montessori Magnet School, was one of 20 presenters at the inaugural Tech Summit held by Waco Independent School District. Dean presented Ozobot, a small robot used in a Story Creation class, to illustrate how technology and coding basics were used as attractive teaching tools for her students.
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