MONTESSORI EDUCATION: CONNECTING, GIVING, RECEIVING

SESSION HANDOUTS
March 31 - April 3, 2005

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Living Legacy

 

The Great Friendships: Across Continents, Over Time, Living Montessori (PDF)

Celma Pinho Perry

 

Features

Presenter

Friday

What Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers Learn from Play (PDF)

Dr. Alice Sterling Honig

Friday

Assessing Young Children’s Readiness: What Early Educators Need to Know (PDF)

Dr. Samuel J. Meisels

Friday

Legal Trends Affecting Montessori Schools (PPT)
Legal Trends Affecting Montessori Schools (HTML)

Kenneth Fisher
Mark Zimmerman


Sunday

Between Heaven and Earth: What is Teaching For? (PDF)

Dr. William Ayers

Session

Workshops

Presenter(s)

 1A

Assessing Children’s Learning: Who’s Learning What, How? (PPT)
Assessing Children’s Learning: Who’s Learning What, How? (HTML)

Drs. Ann and Paul Epstein

 1A

Reflecting Peace in the Mirror (PDF)

Frances Hunter, Maria Trotter, Dolores Chris Zachritz, Kim Johnson

 

 

 2

Stop, Listen, Reflect: Creating Space in a Fast-Paced World (PDF)

Mary Seguin,
Zuzana Zachar

 2

Teaching Grief Work as an Aid to Life (PDF)

Kate Roden Drefflin

 

 

 3

Key Experiences & the Six Traits: A Holistic Approach for a
Passionate Writing Community (PDF)
Writing Instruction PowerPoint (PPT)
Writing Instruction PowerPoint (HTML)
Quality Writing Documents (PDF)

Sharon Elise Dunn,
Amy Fujimoto

 3

The Sensitive Period for Language for Infants & Toddlers (PDF)

Judy Joynt,
Peggy Stutzman

 

 

 4A

The Top Eight Hot Topics in Child Development (PPT)
The Top Eight Hot Topics in Child Development (HTML)

Dr. Ann Epstein

 

 

 4B

Reclaiming Our Humanity: Becoming Culturally Aware (PPT)
Reclaiming Our Humanity: Becoming Culturally Aware (HTML)

Betsy Coe
Sonnie McFarland
Patti Yonka
 
 

 5A

Planning & Implementing the Elementary Curriculum (PDF)

Shanon Honan

 5A

AMS School Accreditation (PPT)
AMS School Accreditation (HTML)

Kristin Whitlock
Zuzana Zachar
 
 

 6

Water, Water, Everywhere! (PDF)
Water - Activities (PDF)
Water Children's Books (PDF)

Marie Conti

 

 

 6

Native America across the Curriculum (PDF)
Does and Don'ts (PDF)
Foods Chart (PDF)

Linda Bechtle

 

 

 7

Rites of Passage: Facilitating the Transition from
Elementary to Middle School (PDF)

Emily Joy Howard

 7

Technology Isn’t Just for Geeks (PDF)

Angela Updike

 7

Introducing Time Concepts to Young Children (PDF)

Ingrid Hill

 

 

 8A

Deep Sea Science - Activities (PDF)
Deep Sea Science (PPT)
Deep Sea Science (HTML)

Jerry Mueller

 

 

 9

Rethinking Montessori’s Ideas (PDF)

Dr. Marlene Barron

 9

Nurturing the Soul of the Toddler (PDF)

Kate Roden Drefflin,
Faith Silver

 9

Through the Looking Glass (PDF)

Martha Torrence,
Shawn Dougherty

 9

Creating School-wide Benchmarks & Curriculum (PDF)

Erica Lane

 

 

10

Gender Matters! (PPT)
Gender Matters! (HTML)

Dr. Paul Epstein

10

Virtues in Community – Character Education (PDF)

Anne Smith,
Denise Cesena,
Maureen Perez