Amare Montessori

achers function as “guide on the side” rather than “sage on the stage.”
4. Trained adults guiding students through the process of learning while providing necessary facts, information and skills so new knowledge may be acquired; and new knowledge is constructed by students.
5. Learning through purposeful movement and hands-on materials.
6. Providing children uninterrupted time and opportunity to concentrate and engage in purposeful, self-chosen work.
7. Providing meaningful contexts for learning that allow for connections between subject areas, thus fostering systems thinking in students.
8. A multi-age learning system that assumes the following tenets:
a. All children – even children the same age – differ in development and needs. Classrooms function as communities, balancing a child’s need for independence and interdependence. Education is a process, not a product. Children benefit from being with the same teacher for more than one year.
9. Creating an environment that fosters self-regulation, self-direction and authentic self-esteem without using external rewards or punishments.