Kind of amazing she would keep taking a paycheck, isn't it? (btw, principal)
On Jan 28, 2008 1:30 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There was a principle of a local elementary school there trying to > decide if she wanted to start her daughter there. She was explaining > to us that the public school teachers were well aware of the > Montessori methods and would love to implement them, but were not > allowed the time to implement them. > > To me, it's a pretty powerful statement when you're the principle of a > school and you don't even want your own daughter going to it. > > > > On Jan 28, 2008 12:19 PM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a former teacher, I've always been in awe of the Montessori method and > > its outstanding results ... I wish, wish, wish we'd been taught how to > > implement even minor Montessori methods in our education classes (it was > > kind of treated like a dirty word) ... instead we were drilled more on how > > to proctor standardized tests ... **sigh** and some people wonder why I'm > > not a teacher anymore > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:19 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Did a 5 hour tour of my daughters' school Saturday. > > > > All three of my daughters go to a Montessori school. We get things > > home from them and wonder what exactly they are or how they can do > > things like this (My 7.9 year old is doing multiplication of 3 digit > > numbers by 2 digit numbers). So they have this thing once a year > > called "Journey of Discovery"....cheesy name for sure, but it's a 5 > > hour walkthrough of the Montessori classroom from toddler to 6th > > grade. > > > > I was amazed at the amount of stuff in the toddler and preprimary > > classrooms. There were shelves upon shelves of "works" and knick > > knacks. Everything was in it's place though. The surprising thing > > was that it was maintained that way by the kids themselves. At that > > level they start teaching responsibility to self and the group. "If > > you don't put something back right, the next person to use it won't > > know where to find it". In the 1st~3rd grade class they showed us how > > they do bead math by doing problems like 156x84 and 208/13, etc....all > > in a manipulative way. It was quite amazing. In the 4th~6th > > classroom, they showed us how to find the sq root of 1369, again with > > beads. They showed the research projects on evolution and mankind's > > development from early man to modern man, one research project a > > month. I forgot to mention that once they master the concept of the > > math with beads, they're taught the abstract form of doing it. The > > theory being that once they know how something works, they can > > abstract the process out. > > > > Before it got started though, all the parents that had children > > attending were asked to relate a "Montessori" moment. I had forgotten > > about this until my wife retold it.... > > > > My twin daughters were fighting one day and it was getting very > > heated. My 7 year old ran out of the room and came back a few seconds > > later carrying two teddy bears of hers. My wife was listening to what > > was going on just outside the door. My 7yo handed a bear to each > > sister and told them, "These are your peace bears to keep forever. > > Whenever you and sister fight, you need to get your peace bear and hug > > it as hard as you can instead of hitting or pinching your sister. The > > more angry you are, the harder you need to hug it. This way nobody > > gets hurt and if you hug it hard enough, you'll feel better" My wife > > was pretty impressed with this and later she thanked our 7yo for > > thinking of this idea. My wife noticed that the girls got very > > different size bears, one being about 12 inches tall and the other > > being about 2.5 feet tall. She asked my 7yo why she gave one sister > > such a big bear and she replied, "Because I know she's got a lot more > > anger inside of her" > > > > That was definitely the conflict management classes working there :) > > > > > > > > -- > > "We were freedom > > From the moment that we hit the ground > > And the wild man > > He laid the thunder down" > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252204 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
