Some Useful Links

If you google ‘Montessori’ you’ll see that there’s lots of information out there on the web. So to keep things easy, here are some of our favourite links for you to enjoy:

Montessori New Zealand

Make sure you visit the governing body of Montessori in New Zealand, their site has plenty of useful facts and information for you, click here  www.montessori.org.nz

Explore the enormous collection of resources at the International Montessori Index by clicking here www.montessori.edu

Dr Maria Montessori

If you’d like to know more about Maria Montessori, read a short but interesting biography by clicking right here www.montessori.edu/maria.html

Podcast / mp3

To hear an interesting interview with Cheryl Fererra, a teacher trainer at the UK Montessori Association click here. By kind permission of Radio New Zealand.

Good at doing things - Montessori education and higher-order cognitive functions

In this highly visual, rapid-paced and entertaining talk, Dr Hughes describes how Maria Montessori's brain-based approach to education provides an unparalleled foundation for the development of academic, social and executive functions critical for advanced problem solving and lifetime success. He shows how Montessori education parallels what we now know about brain development and fosters the development of advanced cognitive functions, social cognition and such higher-order competencies as empathy and leadership. To watch Dr Hughes' screencast click here www.goodatdoingthings.com