Mission Bay Montessori

03/04/2022

Montessori school is linked to adulthood well-being according to UVA study

01/05/2022

New research highlights the long-term benefits of a Montessori education.

01/01/2022

How schools can help foster a more peaceful world.

12/30/2021

More fascinating research from Solange Denervaud and her team in Switzerland which brings a neuroscience perspective to Montessori research -

Education is central to the acquisition of knowledge, such as when children learn new concepts. It is unknown, however, whether educational differences impact not only what concepts children learn, but how those concepts come to be represented in semantic memory—a system that supports higher cogni...

12/29/2021

More great work from Dr. Angeline Lillard!
"Wellbeing, or how people think and feel about their lives, predicts important life outcomes from happiness to health to longevity. Montessori pedagogy has features that enhance wellbeing contemporaneously and predictively, including self-determination, meaningful activities, and social stability.

A structural equation model that accounted for age, gender, race, childhood SES, and years in private school revealed that attending Montessori for at least two childhood years was associated with significantly higher adult wellbeing on all four factors. A second analysis found that the difference in wellbeing between Montessori and conventional schools existed even among the subsample that had exclusively attended private schools. A third analysis found that the more years one attended Montessori, the higher one’s wellbeing as an adult.

Wellbeing, or how people think and feel about their lives, predicts important life outcomes from happiness to health to longevity. Montessori pedagogy has features that enhance wellbeing contemporaneously and predictively, including self-determination, meaningful activities, and social stability. He...

09/16/2021

Filling a child's cup doesn't require 1:1 time or hours of undivided attention. Simply being present with them, seeing them, hearing them, acknowledging them--that's connection.

When we can tune out the distractions for a bit and just be with our kiddos, we can connect. We can fill their cups and make them feel SEEN.

✨Acknowledge their acts of kindness.
✨Connect with them during the hard moments.
✨Let them know you see their process and progress, not just the finished product.

Challenge for the day— acknowledge your kiddo intentionally once today. Let’s fill some kiddo cups today 🧡

08/27/2021

This feels taboo but I think it’s important to normalize: parenting, especially toddlers, can be monotonous. It can also be incredibly challenging. It can also be absolutely wonderful! While those might all sound like opposite experiences, most of us experience a range of all three emotions, and t...

06/28/2021

https://theconversation.com/maria-montessori-challenged-and-changed-how-kids-are-taught-and-remains-influential-today-144895

The innovative educator studied engineering and practiced medicine before devoting her life to spreading a new educational philosophy.

06/15/2021

Rich experiences—from play to the arts and relationships—fundamentally shape a young child’s development.

05/24/2021

https://ageofmontessori.org/fantasy-before-6/

I was talking with a friend who is a mother of a beautiful four-year-old girl. My friend believes, as do many other parents, that every girl should be raised in a fairy tale land and her room should be a museum devoted to all sorts of magical toy creatures because, granted, they are cute. When I sai...

04/29/2021

‘Sportscasting’ (or ‘broadcasting’) is the term infant specialist Magda Ge**er coined to describe the nonjudgmental, “just the facts” verbalization of events she advised parents to use to support infants and toddlers as they struggle to develop new skills. Sportscasters don’t judge, fi...

04/14/2021

https://www.gottman.com/blog/rituals-of-connection-the-antidote-to-big-emotions-and-challenging-behaviors/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blog

Rituals of connection provide family bonding time and help with parenting difficult behaviors and emotions.