Montessori Life Magazine Digital Resources
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Montessori Life, Winter 2024-2025
Letter from the Editor
By Carey Jones
The Fifth Plane of Development: Montessori and Matrescence
By Christine Carrig
- A Critical Need for the Concept of Matrescence in Perinatal Psychiatry
- Reproductive Identity: An Emerging Concept
- Preparing for Better Outcomes: Matrescence Education as a Pathway
- Maternal Psychology: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of Deconstructing Developmental Psychology
- Spiritual Awakening Through the Motherhood Journey
- The Effects of Postpartum Depression on Child Development: A Meta-Analysis
- Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Paid Parental Leave Access
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Depression Care Among Low-Income Women
- Surgeon General: Parents Are at Their Wits’ End. We Can Do Better
- Insights into the U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis: An International Comparison
- Matrescence: Lifetime Impact of Motherhood on Cognition and the Brain
- Postnatal Depression: A Normal Response to Motherhood?
- Less Can Be More: Fine Tuning the Maternal Brain
- Changing Conceptions of the Good Mother in Psychoanalysis
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: Theory of Human Motivation
- Research Note: New Evidence on the Motherhood Wage Penalty
The Awe Factor
By Aishwarya Sankaranarayanan
- Wondering Awe as a Perceptive Aspect of Spirituality…
- Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditation
- Awe, the Small Self, and Prosocial Behavior
- Inspired to Create: Awe Enhances Openness to Learning and the Desire for Experiential Creation
- The Impact of the Sweat Lodge Ceremony on Dimensions of Well-Being
- Crochet… A Little Hook to Improve Attention?
- Self-Transcendent Emotions and Their Social Functions
- Touching the Sky
- Inspired by Awe: Awe Promotes Inspiration via Self-Transcendence
- Finding Awe in Everyday Moral Beauty
- An “Awe Walk” Might Do Wonders for Your Well-Being
- Awe Sparks Prosociality in Children
Inclusion in Montessori
By Members of the AMS Innovation Fellowship Think Tank Inclusion Workgroup: Angie Wenger, Bhairavi Chandramouli, Claudia Mann, Dana Anderson, Justin Tosco, Nichole Gant, and Sam Gleisten
Montessori Life, Fall 2024
Letter from the Editor: What's a Typical Mind?
By Carey Jones
Letter from the Executive Director: Forging a New Path
By Munir Shivji
Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence: Terms to Know
By Carey Jones
- What Is Neurodiversity?
- Conceptualizing Disability: Three Models of Disability
- A Strengths-Based Approach to Neurodiversity
- Toward a Neuroqueer Future: An Interview with Nick Walker
- Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms and Definitions
- Throw Away the Master’s Tools: Liberating Ourselves from the Pathology Paradigm
Is Montessori Truly for All Children?
By Laura Flores Shaw and Dana Baker
- The Neurodiversity Concept Was Developed Collectively: An Overdue Correction on the Origins of Neurodiversity Theory
- Disability Studies, Neurodivergence and Architecture
- Neurodiversity and the Social Ecology of Mental Functions
- An Evolutionary Perspective on Embodiment
- An Integrative Theory of Prefrontal Cortex Function
- The “Double Empathy” Problem: Ten Years On
- Understanding Brain Networks and Brain Organization
- A Historical Perspective on the Role of Collaboration in Teacher Education Reform
- Living with Autism without Knowing: Receiving a Diagnosis in Later Life
- Six Views of Embodied Cognition
A Casa for One and All
By Bhairavi Chandramouli and Carissa Swiss
- Fast Facts: Public Montessori Schools
- What is Neurodiversity?
- Conceptualizing Disability: Three Models of Disability
ADHD in the Montessori Classroom
By Rye Josloff
- Teacher Knowledge of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Classroom Management
- Identity Formation in Adolescents with Concentration Problems, High Levels of Activity or Impulsiveness: A Pragmatic Qualitative Study
- Integrating the Educational Principles of Maria Montessori in the Process of Pedagogical Support for Pupils with Learning Disabilities
- A Qualitative and Quantitative Study of Self-Reported Positive Characteristics of Individuals with ADHD
- ADHD Statistics
Unlocking Literacy: Strategies to Teach Reading to Dyslexic Students
By Gulzar Babool
- The Effect of Montessori Education on the Development of Phonological Awareness and Print Awareness
- The Science of Reading Progresses: Communicating Advances Beyond the Simple View of Reading
- National Reading Panel Reports Combination of Teaching Phonics, Word Sounds, Giving Feedback on Oral Reading Most Effective Way to Teach Reading
- NAEP 2019 Reading Highlights
- How the Science of Reading Informs 21st-Century Education
- What is Dyslexia?
- Teacher Efficacy: Its Meaning and Measure
Changing the World for Dyslexic Children
By Jana Morgan Herman
- Screening for Reading Impairments
- IMSE Impact Phonological Awareness Training
- Overcoming Dyslexia
- Roxie Reading
- Sequential English Education Dyslexia Teacher Certification
- The Link Between Dyslexia and Entrepreneurial Success
- Dyslexia Basics
Montessori Helped Me Support My Autistic Child
By Daniella Boyd
Montessori Life, Summer 2024
Letter from the Editors: Summertime Reflections
By Carey Jones
Five Questions for Kimberly Kendle Roberson
By Kimberly Kendle Roberson
- Jim Crow Laws
- Sun is Setting Over Realm of the Shoeshine King
- New Jersey ALMOST Recognizes Montessori Training for State Licensure
In Memoriam
By Carey Jones
A California Travelogue: Maria Montessori Visits the Golden State
By Joel Parham
- Reframing and Recontextualizing Maria Montessori’s 1915 California Visit
- America’s Early Montessorians: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst, and Adelia Pyle
- Official Guide of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
- The Story of the Exposition
The Woman Behind Maria Montessori: Mary Pyle
By Annie D’Elia Daly
Cultivating Belonging
By Tunisha Hairston-Brown
- Design for Belonging
- Learning for Justice/Culturally Relevant Lessons
- White Supremacy Culture in Organizations
- BIPOC Children’s Book List
Crafting the Path: Fiber Arts for Elementary Practical Life
By Frida Azari
Postscript: Making Montessori Information More Accessible
By Heather Gerker and Paige Bray, EdD
- Montessori Bibliography Online
- The Montessori Glossary Community Project
- The Montessori Bibliography Online: A Resource for the Global Montessori Community
- Podcasts: 1619, Nice White Parents, and Race Traitor
Montessori Life, Spring 2024
Letter from the Editors: Standing Together
By Carey Jones
- Action Research in Montessori Classrooms
- Action Research: A Tool for Innovation
- Montessori Action Research Symposium
- Overview of Research on Montessori Education
- Action Research in Montessori Classrooms Handout
Research: Guiding Our Work & Our Impact
By Munir Shivji
Action Research: A Tool for Equity
by Gay Ward
References
- Benefits of movement in a Montessori classroom on children’s behavior and focus
- Self-paced individualized learning
- Incorporating peace education into the school curriculum: Building empathy and self-worth while taking ownership over peace
- Visual literacy and Socratic seminars in a secondary Montessori classroom
Suggested Reading
Applying Liberatory Consciousness to Action Research
by Maati Wafford
References
- Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
- Developing a liberatory consciousness
- Our future scientists: A review of stereotype threat in girls from early elementary school to middle school
Community over Control
By Margaret Beagle
References
- Executive function & self-regulation
- Investigating correlates of self-regulation in early childhood with a representative sample of English-speaking American families
- Education and Culture
- Montessori and the mainstream: A century of reform on the margins
A Journey into the Science of Reading
By Tori Virlee, PsyD, Erin Hardin, and Chelsea McKinlay
- Fall Montessori Life 2023 (AMS Members Only)
References
- Orthographic mapping in the acquisition of sight word reading, spelling memory, and vocabulary learning
- Pictorial mnemonics for phonics
- Reading Rockets: Elkonin boxes
- Reading Rockets: Glossary
- A question I hate: Should we use pictures (embedded mnemonics) when teaching phonics?
- Embedded picture mnemonics to learn letters
Book Reviews
By Hannah Cherry, Robin Howe, and Leslie Woodford
- Pink Panties & Other Life Lessons: A Mindful Compendium for Adolescents, by Danielle Parker
- The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World, by Jamil Zaki
- Love, By Matt dela Peña
- You are Here: Connecting Flights, Edited by Ellen Oh
- I Must Betray You, by Rua Sepetys
A New Word for Normalization?
By Carey Jones
Session Recording
Montessori Life, Winter 2024
Advancing Together with Technology (pg. 12 – 13)
By Carey Jones
- "Advancing Together: AI Tools for the Education Community," co-written by the Innovation Fellowship Think Tank technology group.
The Think Tank technology group also has some tips for educators when it comes to vetting AI education platforms:
- "Advancing Together: AI Tools for the Education Community"
- UNICEF
- “AI and Our Kids: Common Sense Considerations and Guidance for Parents, Educators and Policymakers 2023” by Common Sense Media
- AI4K12
- Good Tech Alliance
Equity and AI (pg. 60)
By Maati Wafford
- Why Schools Need to Talk About Racial Bias in AI-Powered Technologies by Benjamin Herold, EdWeek
Montessori, Technology, and the Purpose of Education (pg. 18 – 21)
By Patrick Frierson
Suggested Reading
- Program or Be Programmed by Douglas Rushkoff
Personal Essay: My Explorations in Tech and Montessori
By Dana Anderson
Tech Resources to Explore
- Common Sense Media
- Common Sense Education
- aiEDU
- Edutopia
- Khan Academy
- Khan Academy Kids
- Tinybop
- EPIC! Books
- Scratch Jr.
Transform Your Teaching with ChatGPT: How Artificial Intelligence Can Unlock Creativity and Efficiency (pg. 41 – 49)
By Letty Rising
- Getting Started with ChatGPT
- Suggested Reading: ChatGPT for Teachers in Montessori Elementary Classrooms by Letty Rising