Families in Action Series
Are you part of a school community with a goal of developing stronger collaboration with families?
Perhaps there hasn’t been time to create the material that you want to deliver, or the handouts you’d like families to have. Perhaps you are a new school leader and not as familiar with what topics are the most important. Whatever the obstacles, this publication will support you in removing them, bringing you closer to reaching your goal. Designed by a team of Montessori educators, this carefully curated family engagement calendar offers you the resources to reach and inspire your community.
Families in Action holds slide decks, agendas, and handouts for eleven family engagement events and three staff meetings. These tools and resources support everyone in fully collaborating around the education of the children in your community. They are all customizable; meant to be tailored to match the levels and conventions of your school.
NEW BOOK COMING SOON:
Finding Ground: Building Strong Elementary Programs
Anyone who works with elementary age children knows it takes a fine balance of leading, modeling, guiding, and setting limits to support learning and development. Education is both a science and an art, requiring scientific knowledge to undergird the educator’s practice, as well as the art of knowing each individual child to ensure their needs are being met. Finding Ground is for educators seeking balance between the science and the art of leading a strong elementary program.
The focus of this book is on practical implementation in Montessori elementary classrooms. The title is Finding Ground, because the aim is to help elementary educators and caregivers find their ground to walk on, or, in other words, to feel confident to create Montessori learning environments and experiences in service of all learners. Throughout this book, there are illustrative stories of elementary educators and classrooms, with real anecdotal details, along with practical tools and resources to support and ground educators.
Finding Ground Endorsements
Finding Ground: Building Strong Elementary is packed with practical wisdom and insight for Montessori elementary educators. The blend of useful guidance and rich anecdotes, capturing the daily moments of both children and educators, brings the philosophy to life in an inspiring and relatable way. This book pairs authentic Montessori pedagogy with clear diagrams, graphics, and frameworks, along with real-world stories from the field, to create a comprehensive and accessible roadmap for a fully implemented Montessori elementary environment. Informative, engaging, and deeply grounding, Finding Ground is an invaluable resource for educators navigating the joys and challenges of classroom life.
Letty Rising. Montessori Innovator | Consultant | Writer https://www.linkedin.com/in/letty-rising/
As a Montessori elementary teacher this book is one I wish I'd had access to from the start of my career! It's replete with so many nuggets and gems. I believe this book will be useful for readers with little or a lot of Montessori experience, from the new teacher, parent or administrator, to those seasoned in the field. I truly wish my Montessori training had offered this as a resource, but I'm grateful it's now available. This book is one I will pick up over and over again and aim to gift to others, as the content is truly invaluable.
Geneva Walker, Montessori Elementary Guide
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Seamless Transitions Guidebook - updated
A tested, reliable approach to creating balanced classroom communities in a way that involves everyone, allows for multiple vantage points, and considers the needs of Key Children.
Our Seamless Transitions Guide has been fully updated! Use it to support staff, children and families as they move between levels. Multiple new tools have been added to support the process of supporting seamless transitions.
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Enrollment Video
This 15-minute enrollment video provides a brief introduction to Montessori education for prospective families visiting and touring Montessori schools. Families will learn what Montessori is, the characteristics of a Montessori classroom, and what distinguishes a Montessori school from a conventional school.
The video helps families understand the basic Montessori framework, including children’s innate desire to learn, freedom in a Montessori environment, why mixed age groups are beneficial to all students, and the importance of the 3-year cycle.
If you’re looking for a great starting point to introduce the principles of Montessori education to prospective families, and help them understand what to expect from your school - this video is for you!
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Montessori Planning & Recordkeeping Guide
The long-awaited tool for public school Montessori guides seeking to have a clear, organized way of understanding and implementing effective lesson planning and the documentation of their students’ progress. Includes access to our popular Curriculum Map, Transition Skills Checklists, and CCSS-aligned Montessori lesson sets.
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The Book
Montessori in Action: Building Resilient Montessori Schools delivers a practical and actionable method to provide a strong Montessori experience for all children, families and educators. The first of its kind, this book offers readers a collection of modern and concrete ways to build an equitable and resilient Montessori program.
Looking for some free tools to get started? Check out our Free Tools and Resources.
We offer you a collection of tools piloted, refined and now used by Montessori schools across the country. They are designed to simplify and strengthen systems for continuous improvement. All the tools are downloadable and ready for you to tailor to the needs of your community.
