
Bergamo Montessori School Sad news: Children, on average, watch more than 1 day of television per week. Obvious tip of the day: limit your child's screen time!
Source: www.latimes.com

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Reunited! Pam Lynn, Head of School and Catherine Kasper, former co-teacher and current AMI (Association Montessori Internationale)
consultant pose during our school accreditation visit.

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I am working with a national Montessori organization to create a new website, MariaMontessori.com, which will aim to educate the general public about the amazing benefits of Montessori education. The site launches this winter, but we just released a promotional video. Check it out below.
Matt
Source: www.youtube.com
Promotional video for www.MariaMontessori.com - a project from the Montessori Administrators Association launching in late 2009.

Bergamo Montessori School "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

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"How Do Innovators Think?", an article from the Harvard Business
Review, references Montessori education as a breeding ground for
creative leaders.
Source: blogs.harvardbusiness.org
What makes visionary entrepreneurs such as Apple's Steve Jobs, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Ebay's Pierre Omidyar and Meg Whitman, and P&G's A.G. Lafley tick? In a question-and-answer session with HBR contributing ...

Bergamo Montessori School New study finds that spanking children can lead to stunted emotional and cognitive development:
Source: www.cnn.com
Think a little spanking won't do much harm to kids? New research says the effects can be long-lasting.

Bergamo Montessori School The Neighborhood, our log in website for parents, will go live on Monday, September 28!

Bergamo Montessori School Pressure Cooker Kindergarten: I am so happy that our children can learn and grow without pressure or politics!
Source: www.boston.com
Christine Gerzon is the epitome of a kindergarten teacher: warm and wise, quick to get down on her knees to wipe a tear or bandage a boo-boo. She can rhapsodize for hours about a single leaf and philosophize convincingly about the pedagogical uses of papier-mache. ...

Bergamo Montessori School Parents in the Rosso Clasroom with Joanna at MCD: Please be sure to join us this Thursday, September 10, at 6:30 PM for an important classroom meeting! We are going to discuss the new school handbook, the launch of our parent log in website and the plans for the school year. On site childcare is available for families in need.

Kathy I cant believe my baby boy is 7 and has been with the school since he was 5 months old. Bryce loves Bergamo and Brianna loves Country Day...

Phoebe Fife Wargny
This is a great speech about the lack of creative cultivation in traditional schools. Very thought-provoking!
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_sa ys_schools_kill_creativity.html
Source: www.ted.com
TED Talks Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

Bergamo Montessori School What a great first week of school! So nice to see both new and familiar faces!

Bergamo Montessori School Be sure to stop by the Pocket Road Campus on the way to the Ice Cream Social to tour our new classrooms in the historic Dutra House. The classrooms will be open from 5:30 to 6:30 PM

Bergamo Montessori School Who wants ice cream? Join us for our annual Ice Cream Social tonight at 6:30 PM at Marriot Park.




















