Presented by: Rosemary Quaranta Sewing is an essential skill that develops eye-hand coordination as well as ensures that the hand and the brain are working together. It reinforces coordination, concentration, independence, and order. The children sew from simple techniques to complex techniques where you combine stitches, buttons, and other embellishments. Sewing is purposeful and meaningful…
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Is Montessori A Constructivist or Behaviorist Approach? And Why Does it Matter?
Presented by: Dr. Laura Saylor Montessori education is often considered a constructivist approach. This consideration has implications when considering the place of Montessori education within the wider educational landscape. How we identify ourselves has implications on educational policy and advocacy. This presentation will provide participants with
Read MoreSubmit a Proposal! We want to hear from you!
Thank you for considering submitting a proposal for the Cincinnati Montessori Society’s Annual Conference on March 4, 2023, at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center. The keynote speaker is Katie Keller-Wood a well-known Montessori teacher, trainer, and national and international speaker. The deadline for submission of proposals is November 16, 2022.You will be notified via email…
Read MoreAmerican Montessori Society in Cincinnati!
The AMS Traveling Symposium will be in Cincinnati on Saturday, December 3rd at Pleasant Ridge Montessori. It is a full day of amazing speakers! Take a minute to read the spotlight presentations! Cincinnati Montessori Society is excited to be a part of this traveling symposium. Please join us for this Montessori event! Spotlight Presentations Montessori…
Read MoreFREE Online Montessori Conference
This upcoming FREE online conference, Childhood Potential: Montessori for Babies and Toddlers, will take place from November 7-13, 2022. Montessori experts from all around the globe are eager to share their knowledge of implementing Montessori practices with you! We are amazed by the inspirational Montessorians featured at the conference, presenting on such a wide-range of…
Read MorePositive Discipline in Montessori Classroom Workshop in Cincinnati
On Friday and Saturday, February 10-11, 2023 we will be conducting this two-day Positive Discipline training at the Good Shepherd Montessori School in Cincinnati, OH. Facilitated by Chip DeLorenzo. The Practitioner’s Class is based on the book, Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom, by Jane Nelsen and Chip DeLorenzo. The class is designed to help participants learn how to implement…
Read MoreMarch 5, 2022 Join Us for CMS Conference!
March 5, 2022 The Northern Kentucky Convention Center, 1 West River Center Blvd., Covington, KY 41011 The Cincinnati Montessori Society is excited to welcome everyone back to Cincinnati to celebrate and learn about Montessori Education. We have a great conference lined up for you. In person and virtual conference options are available. The CMS conference…
Read MoreCovington Community Montessori Takes Flight During a Pandemic
Opening a new school during a pandemic seems crazy, but for Community Montessori in Covington, the timing was perfect.Sarah Stankorb -June 1, 2021 Outside the old First United Methodist Church on East Fifth Street in Covington, which is now the new Community Montessori school, there’s a delicate string of pendant flags wrapping the black iron fence. On them…
Read MoreWhat Alfred Binet and Maria Montessori Can Teach Us about Intelligence
Written by: Rishi Sriram on July 17, 2019 Full article here In France in the 1860s, a teenage boy took the exam required for receiving his high school diploma. On one question, instead of providing the name of a Greek philosopher, he mistakenly offered the name of a character in a book he’d read. When his teacher…
Read MorePlease Stay for Kindergarten..Why the third year is so important.
Please Stay for Kindergarten… Here is Why by: Donohue Shortridge So, let’s get real. You’ve loved the first two years of the Montessori Early Childhood program for your young child. Now, as you look ahead, you are facing a decision about the third, and final, year of the EC program—the capstone year, sometimes known as kindergarten.…
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