In this blog post, Washington Montessori School explores how the Positive Discipline approach strikes the right balance between constructively guiding children and fostering their independence. Read on to learn how Positive Discipline works in the Montessori classroom — and how it can be implemented in the child’s home environment.
Early one Sunday morning, I awoke to a flurry of emails, all sending me a New York Times article about the successful educational practice of “looping,” keeping a child in the same classroom for more than one year.
It is easy to imagine how excited Maria Montessori would have been to see the power of computer technology – and how clearly she would have understood how to encourage freedom within limits.
Grandparents and Special Friends Day last Friday was a day of pure joy and deep connection. It was so inspiring to watch hundreds of adults — many of whom had never been on our campus — discover WMS through the children’s eyes.
Maria Montessori has some guidance for us in answering this question. In The Child, Society and the World she writes: “As we observe children, we see the vitality of their spirit, the maximum effort put forth in all they do, the intuition, attention and focus they bring to all life’s events, and the sheer joy they experience in living.”
While Maria Montessori’s method is over 100 years old, the approach she pioneered is a tradition of innovation. The more frequently we connect to the tenets of that method, the more our school reaches today’s children.
How do you feel when you see yourself reflected in the world around you? And what do you learn when you learn about a culture or experience that is new to you?
SOMETIMES THE LESS TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF EDUCATION ARE THE MORE IMPORTANT ONES. WMS students are encouraged (and expected) to make their own choices and decisions when appropriate. We value process
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