2017 Montessori Guide by Parenting Media

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Contents Benefits of Montessori 4 Education Montessori Schools 6 Defined Montessori Learning 8 Materials 10

Core Components of Montessori Education

Montessori 12 School Listings

Students are supported in becoming active seekers of knowledge. Teachers provide environments where students have the freedom and the tools to pursue answers to their own questions.

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www.msmresources.org Acton Montessori School

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Acton Montessori School Acton, MA 978-263-4333 Adams Montessori School Quincy, MA 617-773-8200 Adams Montessori School Quincy, MA 617-773-8200 Amesbury Montessori School Amesbury, MA 978-518-5113 Amesbury Montessori School Amesbury, MA 978-518-5113 Amherst MontessoriSchool School Amherst,MA MA 413-253-3101 Amherst Montessori Amherst, 413-253-3101 Andover SchoolofofMontessori, Montessori, Inc. Andover,MA MA 978-475-2299 Andover School Inc. Andover, 978-475-2299 BayBay Farm Academy Duxbury, 781-934-7101 FarmMontessori Montessori Academy Duxbury,MA MA 781-934-7101 Bedford Montessori Bedford, 781-275-3344 Bedford MontessoriSchool School Bedford,MA MA 781-275-3344 Bellingham Children's House Bellingham, MA 508-966-2752 Bellingham Children’s House Bellingham, MA 508-966-2752 Blue Hill Montessori Canton, MA 781-828-5230 Blue Hill Montessori Canton, MA 781-828-5230 Bridgeview Montessori School Sagamore, MA 508-888-3567 Bridgeview Montessori School Sagamore, MA 508-888-3567 Burlington Montessori School Burlington, MA 781-273-0432 Burlington Montessori School Burlington, MAMA 508-628-8429 781-273-0432 CA Montessori Children's Center Framingham, Cambridge Montessori School CA Montessori Children’ s Center Cambridge, Framingham,MA MA 617-492-3410 508-628-8429 Children's House Montessori West Roxbury, Cambridge Montessori School Cambridge, MAMA 617-325-2233 617-492-3410 Children's Center Danvers, MA MA 978-774-2144 Children’Montessori s House Montessori West Roxbury, 617-325-2233 Children's Own School, Inc. Winchester , MA 781-729-2689 Children’s Montessori Center Danvers, MA 978-774-2144 Children's Workshop Montessori Marbelhead, MA 781-631-8687 Children’s Workshop Montessori Marblehead, MA 781-631-8687 Christian Family Montessori Christian Family Montessori School Holliston, MA 508-429-5478 School Holliston, MA 508-429-5478 Concord MontessoriSchool School Concord,MA MA 978-369-5900 Concord Montessori Concord, 978-369-5900 Cottage Montessori Arlington, MAMA 781-333-0918 Dandelion Montessori Coop Cambridge, 617-354-6400 eBridge Montessori School Westborough, MA 508-366-9288 Hands-On Montessori School 508-339-4667 Hands-On Montessori School Mansfield, MA 508-339-4667 Harborlight-Stoneridge Harborlight-Stoneridge Montessori School Beverly, MA 978-922-1008 Montessori School Beverly, MA 978-922-1008 Inly School Scituate, MA 781-545-5544 Inly School Scituate, MA 781-545-5544 Keystone Montessori School School Chelmsford, 978-251-2929 Keystone Montessori N.North Chelmsford, MA MA 978-251-2929 King’Wood s WoodMontessori Montessori School Foxboro,MA MA 508-543-6391 King's School Foxboro, 508-543-6391 KingsleyMontessori Montessori School School Boston,MA MA 617-226-4900 Kingsley Boston, 617-226-4900 Lexington Lexington, 781-862-8571 LexingtonMontessori Montessori School School Lexington,MA MA 781-862-8571 Longmeadow LongmeadowMontessori Montessori Internationale Longmeadow, MA 413-567-1820 Internationale Longmeadow, MA 413-567-1820 Meeting House Montessori Braintree, MA 781-356-7877 Melrose Montessori School Melrose, MA 781-665-0621 Melrose Montessori School Melrose, MA 781-665-0621 Mighty Oaks Montessori School Auburn, MA 508-304-7110 Mighty Oaks Montessori School Auburn, MA 508-304-7110 Montessori Academy of Cape Cod North Falmouth, MA 508-563-9010 Montessori Beginnings School Sandwich, MA 508-477-7730 Montessori Beginnings School Sandwich, MA 508-477-7730 Montessori Children' s House of Montessori Country Day Wellesley Wellesley, MA 781-235-9439 SchoolCountry of HoldenDay School of Holden, MA 508-829-2999 Montessori Holden Holden, MA 508-829-2999 Montessori Day School Montessori Day School of Wellesley Hills of Wellesley Hills, MA 781-795-5571 Wellesley Hills Wellesley Montessori Escuela Belmont, Hills, MA MA 919-259-6516 508-454-0631 Montessori Escuela Belmont, MA Montessori Institute-New England at Harborlight-Stoneridge 508-454-0631 Montessori Institute-New Montessori School England Beverly, MA 978-927-9600 at Harborlight-Stoneridge Montessori Parent Child Center Boston, MA 617-513-4270 Montessori School Beverly, MA 978-927-9600 My Montessori of Woburn Woburn, 781-333-4898 Montessori Parent Child Center Boston, MAMA 617-513-4270

Montessori-Sudbury MyMyMontessori of Woburn Nashoba Montessori Montessori School Nashoba School NewburyportMontessori Montessori School Newburyport School Newton School NewtonMontessori Montessori School North School NorthShore ShoreMontessori Montessori School Norwood Montessori School Norwood Montessori School Notre Dame Children's Class Notre Dame Children’s Class Oak Meadow School Oak Meadow School School Old Colony Montessori Old Colony Montessori School Panda Cub Montessori Pinewood Panda CubSchool Academyof Montessori Pioneer Valley School Pincushion Hill Montessori Montessori School Pond View Montessori School Pinewood School of Montessori Reading Montessori School Pioneer Valley Montessori School River Valley Charter School Pond View Montessori School Sam Placentino Elementary Reading Montessori School School River Valley Charter School Seaside Montessori School Shrewsbury Rock and RollMontessori Preschool School Summit Montessori School Sam Placentino Elementary School Sunrise Montessori Sandwich MontessoriSchool School T.E.C. School Seaside Montessori School Tara Montessori School Shrewsbury MontessoriSchool School Thacher Montessori Summit Montessori School The Bethlehem School Sunrise Montessori Schoolof The Montessori School Northampton Tara Montessori School The Montessori School of the Thacher Montessori School Berkshires The Bethlehem School The Riverbend School The Bilingual Montessori The Sandwich Montessori School School of Sharon The Torit School The MontessoriMontessori School of School The Westwood Northampton Tobin Montessori School The Montessori SchoolSchool of Treetops Montessori Berkshires UrbantheVillage Montessori The Riverbend School School Vineyard Montessori

Sudbury, MA Woburn, MA Lancaster, MA Lancaster, MA Newburyport, MA Newburyport, MA Newton, MA Newton, MA Rowley, MA Rowley, MA Norwood, MA Norwood, MA Wenham, MA Wenham, MA Littleton, MA Littleton, MA Hingham, MA Hingham, MA Chestnut Hill, MA Plymouth, MA Brookline, MA Springfield, Ashland, MA MA Dedham, MA Plymouth, MA Reading, MA Newburyport, MA

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Reading, MAMA Holliston, Newburyport, MA Hull, MA Shrewsbury, Cambridge, MAMA Framingham, Holliston, MA MA Franklin, Sandwich, MA MA Worcester, MA Hull, MA Manchester, MA Shrewsbury, Milton, MA MA Framingham, MA Lynnefield, MA

781-944-1057 508-429-0647 978-465 0065 781-773-1588 508-842-2116 857-259-6891 508-872-3630 508-429-0647 508-541-8010 508-888-4222 508-577-3045 781-773-1588 978-526-8487 508-842-2116 617-361-2522 508-872-3630 781-334-6436

Dedham, MA

Franklin, MA

781-801-7939

508-541-8010

Northampton, Manchester, MA MA 413-586-4538 978-526-8487

Milton, MA

617-361-2522

Lenox Dale, MA 413-637-3662 781-334-6436 Natick, MA 508-655-7333 Sandwich, MA 508-888-4222 Sharon, MA 781-784-3000 Boston, MA 617-523-4000 Westwood, MA 781-329-5557 Northampton,MA MA 617-349-6600 413-586-4538 Cambridge, Sturbridge, MA 508-347-8059 Lenox Dale,MA MA 413-637-3662 Haverhill, 978-361-0793 Natick, MA 508-655 7333 Vineyard Haven, MA 508-693-4090 The Wellesley Montessori School, Inc. Wellesley, MA 781-237-6670 Walnut Park Montessori Newton, MA 617-969-9208 The Westwood MontessoriSchool School Westwood, MA 781-329-5557 Wildflower Montessori Cambridge, MA 617-863-7290 Tobin Montessori School School Cambridge, MA 617-349-6600 617-237-0722 Wollaston Hill Montessori School Quincy, MA Torit Language Center Montessori Boston, MA 617-292-5181 Woodside Montessori Academy Millis, MA 508-376-5320 Treetops Montessori School Sturbridge, MA 508-347-8059 Northeast Montessori Institute Warren, ME 207-236-6316 Urban Village Montessori Haverhill, MA 978-361-0793 Seacoast Center for Education Warren , ME 603-590-6360 VineyardVillage Montessori School School Amherst, Vineyard Haven, 508-693-4090 Country Montessori NH MA 603-672-3882 Hollis Montessori School Hollis, 603-400-1515 Walnut Park Montessori School Newton,NHMA 617-969-9208 Casa dei Bambini Children’s Wollaston Hill Montessori School Quincy, MA 617-237-0722 Center Bow, 603-227-9300 Woodside Montessori Academy Millis, NH MA 508-376-5320 Northend Montessori Manchester, NH 603-621-9011 Country Village Montessori School Amherst, NH 603-672-3882 Southern NH Education Hollis Montessori School Hollis, NH NH 603-818-8613 603-400-1515 Campusmy Londonderry, Seacoast Center for Education Stratham, NH 603-590-6360 Montessori Pathways Exeter, RI 401-295-0677 Southern NH Education Center Londonderry, NH 603-818-8613 Montessori School of Greenwhich Bay East Greenwich, Montessori of Greenwich Bay East Greenwich, RI RI 401-234-1243 401-234-1243 Hilltop School Brattleboro, 802-257-0500 HilltopMontessori Montessori School Brattleboro,VTVT 802-257-0500

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As they mature, students learn to look critically at their work, and become adept at recognizing, correcting, and learning from their errors.

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Benefits of Montessori Education

Montessori education recognizes that children learn in different ways, and accommodates all learning styles.

Engage, Explore, Excel

ontessori education offers our children opportunities to develop their potential as they step out into the world as engaged, competent, responsible, and respectful citizens with an understanding and appreciation that learning is for life. Each child is valued as a unique individual. Montessori education recognizes that children learn in different ways, and accommodates all learning styles. Students are also free to learn at their own pace, each advancing through the curriculum as he is ready, guided by the teacher and an individualized learning plan. Beginning at an early age, Montessori students develop order, coordination, concentration, and independence. Classroom design, materials, and daily routines support the individual’s emerging “self-regulation” (ability to educate one’s self, and to think about what one is learning), toddlers through adolescents. Students are part of a close, caring community. The multi-age classroom—typically spanning 3 years—recreates a family structure. Older students enjoy stature as mentors and role models; younger children feel supported and gain confidence about the challenges ahead. Teachers model respect, loving kindness, and a belief in peaceful conflict resolution. Montessori students enjoy freedom within limits. Working within parameters set by their teachers, students are active participants in deciding what their focus of learning will be. Montessorians understand that internal satisfaction drives the child’s curiosity and interest and results in joyous learning that is sustainable over a lifetime. Students are supported in becoming active seekers of knowledge. Teachers provide environments where students have the freedom and the tools to pursue answers to their own questions. Self-correction and self-assessment are an integral part of the Montessori classroom approach. As they mature, students learn to look critically at their work, and become adept at recognizing, correcting, and learning from their errors. Given the freedom and support to question, to probe deeply, and to make connections, Montessori students become confident, enthusiastic, self-directed learners. They are able to think critically, work collaboratively, and act boldly—a skill set for the 21st century. Provided by American Montessori Society. For more information on the Montessori Method of education please see their website, amshq.org

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Montessori Schools Defined

Montessori schools can be found in rural, urban, and suburban settings; in working-class towns, affluent communities, and even remote villages. 6

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ore than 4,000 Montessori schools dot the American landscape, offering a unique educational model to families nationwide. Thousands more bring the Montessori method to every corner of the world. Montessori schools can be found in rural, urban, and suburban settings; in working-class towns, affluent communities, and even remote villages. Some schools offer all levels of learning, from infant/toddler through the secondary (high school) level. Others offer only certain levels. In the United States, most Montessori schools are privately owned. A growing number, however, are part of public school systems, making it possible for families of any means to give their child a Montessori education.

Public Montessori school students must take the same standardized tests as students in traditional public schools. Private Schools Linked by a common philosophy, each private Montessori school is nonetheless unique. It may be housed in a small, homelike setting, on an expansive campus, or surrounded by gardens that hold discoveries for every age. Individual schools may be part of a larger entity, often a nonprofit agency or religious institution. Some schools offer parent/infant classes, in which parents learn to observe their child and meet his needs in the Montessori way. Like other private schools, most independently owned Montessori schools are funded by tuition revenue. Some schools provide scholarships for families in need of assistance, and many offer reduced tuition when parents enroll more than one child.

Public Schools Montessori is a presence in more than 400 U.S. public schools, including neighborhood, magnet, and charter schools. Public Montessori programs come in many sizes, from a single early-childhood classroom to an entire elementary, junior high, or high school. Some share a facility with other programs that have a different instructional approach. Teachers in public Montessori schools have a dual responsibility. In planning an age-appropriate Montessori curriculum, they need to make sure it matches their state’s grade-level standards. Public Montessori school students must take the same standardized tests as students in traditional public schools.

WELLESLEY Montessori School

Now enrolling for the 2017-2018 school year Ages 1.9 - 6 years

An authentic Montessori environment with certified Montessori Teachers. WMS is an American Montessori Society member school.

Now accepting toddlers as young as 21 months! Scholarships available.

79 Denton Road, Wellesley, MA 02482 • 781-237-6670

www.wellesleymontessori.org

What’s in a Name If you’re considering Montessori education for your child, it’s important to know that the Montessori name is not trademarked. Any school can call itself Montessori, and programs vary in how they interpret and practice the Montessori approach. The American Montessori Society believes that certain elements are essential to quality Montessori education. These include: • Mixed-aged classes, in which older children serve as role models and helpers; • A full array of developmentally appropriate Montessori learning materials; • Teachers with credentials from a Montessori teacher education program; • Adherence to the Montessori instructional approach, with teachers serving as guides rather than givers of information. Provided by American Montessori Society. For more information on the Montessori Method of education please see their website, amshq.org

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Montessori Learning Materials

ou might see a 4-year-old boy forming words using 3-dimensional letters called “the movable alphabet.” A 2½ -year-old may be sitting by a teacher, ever-so-carefully pouring water from 1 tiny pitcher to another. Several children kneeling on the floor may be intently struggling over a puzzle map of South America.

Montessori Materials Are Appealingly Designed

Throughout the room, children will be sorting, stacking, and manipulating all sorts of beautiful objects made of a range of materials and textures. Many of these objects will be made of smooth polished wood. Others are made of enameled metal, wicker, and fabric. Also available to explore are items from nature, such as seashells and birds’ nests. How can a preschool-aged child be trusted to handle fragile little items independently? Montessori teachers believe that children learn from their mistakes. If nothing ever breaks, children have no reason to learn carefulness. Children treasure their learning materials and enjoy learning to take care of them “all by myself.” Montessori teachers make a point to handle Montessori materials slowly, respectfully, and carefully, as if they were made of gold. The children naturally sense something magical about these beautiful learning objects. As children carry their learning materials carefully with 2 hands and do their very special “work” with them, they may feel like they are simply playing games with their friends—but they are actually learning in a brilliantly designed curriculum that takes them, 1 step at a time, and according to a predetermined sequence, through concepts of increasing complexity.

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Ingenious Each learning material teaches just 1 skill or concept at a time. For example, we know that young children need to learn how to button buttons and tie bows. Dr. Montessori designed “dressing frames” for children to practice on. The frame removes all distractions and simplifies the child’s task. The child sees a simple wooden frame with 2 flaps of fabric—1 with 5 buttonholes and 1 with 5 large buttons. His task is obvious. If he makes an error, his error is obvious. Built-in “control of error” in many of the Montessori materials allows the child to determine if he has done the exercise correctly. A teacher never has to correct his work. He can try again, ask another child for help, or go to a teacher for suggestions if the work doesn’t look quite right. Materials contain multiple levels of challenge and can be used repeatedly at different developmental levels. A special set of 10 blocks of graduated sizes called “the pink tower” may be used just for stacking; combined with “the brown

The children naturally sense something magical about these beautiful learning objects.

stair” for comparison; or used with construction paper to trace, cut, and make a paper design. The pink tower, and many other Montessori materials, can also be used by older children to study perspective and measurement. Montessori materials use real objects and actions to translate abstract ideas into concrete form. For example, the decimal system is basic to understanding math. Montessori materials represent the decimal system through enticing, pearl-sized golden beads. Loose golden beads represent ones. Little wire rods hold sets of 10 golden beads—the 10-bar. Sets of 10 rods are wired together to make flats of 100 golden beads—the hundred square. Sets of 10 flats are wired together to make cubes of 1,000 golden beads—the thousand cube. Children have many activities exploring the workings of these quantities. They build a solid inner physical understanding of the decimal system that will stay with them throughout school and life. Later, because materials contain multiple levels of challenge, the beads can be used to introduce geometry. The unit is a point; the 10-bar is a line; the hundred square a surface; the thousand cube, a solid. Montessori learning materials are ingeniously designed to allow children to work independently with very little introduction or help. The students are empowered to come into the environment, choose their own work, use it appropriately, and put it away without help.

Invite Activity Maria Montessori believed that moving and learning were inseparable. The child must involve her entire body and use all her senses in the process of learning. She needs opportunities built into the learning process for looking, listening, smelling, touching, tasting, and moving her body. When you look at Montessori materials, you are drawn to explore them with your senses. For example, you would want to pick up the sound cylinders and shake them. They consist of 2 matched sets of wooden cylinders containing varying substances that create different sounds when shaken. The child sorts the sound cylinders using only his listening skill. Two cylinders have the barely audible sound of sand. Two have the slightly louder sound of rice inside them. Others contain beans or items that sound louder still. After matching the cylinders, the child can grade the cylinders— that is, put the cylinders in order of softest to loudest, or loudest to softest.

“Grow” with the Child Montessori materials are designed to follow the students throughout their education; they are like familiar faces

greeting them in their new classrooms as they advance. For example, exploring the “binomial cube”—made up of 8 red, black, and blue cubes and prisms—the early childhood student develops visual discrimination of color and form. The elementary child labels the parts to explore, concretely, the algebraic formula (a+b)3. The upper elementary child uses the binomial cube as the foundation for work with more advanced materials to solve algebraic equations.

Invite Discovery Montessori-structured lessons are the “work” or procedures for each set of materials. A teacher may give a lesson to a child or small group of children, another child may give a lesson, a child may learn how a lesson works by watching others, or a child may explore certain types of materials freely. For a young child, the Montessori-structured lesson may be silent and may be only a few moments long. This lesson models a method for laying work on a mat or table in an orderly fashion. The lesson helps children develop work habits, organization skills, and general thinking strategy, but it never teaches children the answers. Teaching children the answers steals their chance to make exciting discoveries on their own—whether the child is a baby wondering “Can I reach that rattle?,” a preschooler contemplating “Why did this tower of cubes fall down?,” an elementary school student pondering “When you divide fractions, why do you invert and multiply?,” or a high school student puzzling “How does city council operate?” For students of every age, the Montessori environment offers the tools to discover the answers to their own questions. The teacher is their trusted ally and the learning materials are their tools for discovery, growth, and development. The teacher stays with the students for the entire span of their multi-age grouping, usually 2 or 3 years, nurturing each child’s development over that extended span of time. Elementary and high school materials build on the earlier Montessori materials foundation. Because older students have built a solid foundation from their concrete learning, they move gracefully into abstract thinking, which transforms their learning. Now they learn how to carry out research. At these upper levels, students broaden their focus to include the community and beyond. They learn through service and firsthand experience. The Montessori materials support responsible interactive learning and discovery. Provided by American Montessori Society. For more information on the Montessori Method of education please see their website, amshq.org

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Core Components

of Montessori Education

hile there are many components that are integral to quality Montessori implementation, the American Montessori Society recognizes 5 core components as essential in Montessori schools—properly trained Montessori teachers, multi-age classrooms, use of Montessori materials, child-directed work, and uninterrupted work periods. Fully integrating all of them should be a goal for all Montessori schools.

1. Properly Trained Montessori Teachers Properly trained Montessori teachers understand the importance of allowing the child to develop naturally. They are able to observe children within a specific age range and introduce them to challenging and developmentally appropriate lessons and materials based on observations of each child’s

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unique interests, abilities, and development (social, emotional, cognitive, and physical). In this way, the teacher serves as a guide rather than a giver of information. She prepares the classroom environment in order to support and inspire the developmental progress of each student and guide each child’s learning through purposeful activity. A properly trained Montessori teacher is well versed in not only Montessori theory and philosophy, but also the accurate and appropriate use of Montessori materials. She has observational skills to guide and challenge her students, a firm foundation in human growth and development, and the leadership skills necessary for fostering a nurturing environment that is physically and psychologically supportive of learning.

A hallmark of Montessori education is its hands-on approach to learning and the use of scientifically designed didactic materials.

It is essential that Montessori teachers have training in the age level at which they teach. This training prepares the Montessori teacher to design a developmentally appropriate learning environment, furnished with specially-designed materials, where students explore, discover, and experience the joy of learning. AMS recognizes Montessori teaching credentials issued by AMS, NCME, or AMI, or by any other Montessori teacher education programs that are accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE).

2. Multi-Age Classrooms Multi-age groupings enable younger children to learn from older children and experience new challenges through observation; older children reinforce their learning by teaching concepts they have already mastered, develop leadership skills, and serve as role models. This arrangement mirrors the real world, in which individuals work and socialize with people of all ages and dispositions. AMS-approved multi-age groupings specify a 3-year age grouping in its accredited schools at the Early Childhood and Elementary age levels. At the Secondary level, groupings may be 2- or 3-years. Children from birth – age 3 may be grouped in varying multi-age configurations.

and presentation of enticing, self-correcting materials in specified curricular areas; teachers who serve as guides and mentors rather than dispensers of knowledge; and uninterrupted work periods, as described below.

5. Uninterrupted Work Periods The uninterrupted work period recognizes and respects individual variations in the learning process. During the work period, students are given time to work through various tasks and responsibilities at their own pace without interruption. A child’s work cycle involves selecting an activity, performing the activity for as long as s/he is interested in it, cleaning up the activity and returning it to the shelf, then selecting another activity. During the work period, teachers support and monitor the students’ work and provide individual and small-group lessons. The uninterrupted work period facilitates the development of coordination, concentration, independence and order, and the assimilation of information. Provided by American Montessori Society. For more information on the Montessori Method of education please see their website, amshq.org

3. Use of Montessori Materials

A hallmark of Montessori education is its handson approach to learning and the use of scientifically designed didactic materials. Beautifully crafted and begging to be touched, Montessori’s distinctive learning materials each teach a single skill or concept and include a built-in mechanism (“control of error”) for providing the student with a way of assessing progress and correcting mistakes, independent of the teacher. The concrete materials provide passages to abstraction and introduce concepts that become increasingly complex.

4. Child-Directed Work Montessori education supports children in choosing meaningful and challenging work of their own interest, leading to engagement, intrinsic motivation, sustained attention, and the development of responsibility to oneself and others. This child-directed work is supported by the design and flow of the Montessori classroom, which is created to arouse each child’s curiosity and to provide the opportunity to work in calm, uncluttered spaces either individually or as part of a group; the availability 2017 | BostonParentsPaper.com

Montessori School List Acton Montessori School Acton, MA • 978-263-4333

Children’s House Montessori

West Roxbury, MA • 617-325-2233

Adams Montessori School Quincy, MA • 617-773-8200

Children’s Montessori Center Danvers, MA • 978-774-2144

Amesbury Montessori School Amesbury, MA • 978-518-5113

Children’s Own School, Inc.

Winchester , MA • 781-729-2689

Amherst Montessori School Amherst, MA • 413-253-3101

Children’s Workshop Montessori Marbelhead, MA • 781-631-8687

Andover School of Montessori, Inc. Andover, MA • 978-475-2299

Christian Family Montessori School Holliston, MA • 508-429-5478

Bay Farm Montessori Academy

145 Loring Street Duxbury • 781-934-7101 www.bfarm.org Educating children from 12 months to age 14 (grade 8), Bay Farm is one of the South Shore’s oldest and largest Montessori schools, offering all students the excitement of hands-on learning on a beautiful nine-acre campus in Duxbury.

Bedford Montessori School Bedford, MA • 781-275-3344

Bellingham Children’s House

Bellingham, MA • 508-966-2752

Blue Hill Montessori

Canton, MA • 781-828-5230

Bridgeview Montessori School Sagamore, MA • 508-888-3567

Burlington Montessori School

Concord Montessori School Concord, MA • 978-369-5900

Cottage Montessori

Arlington, MA • 781-333-0918

eBridge Montessori School

Westborough, MA • 508-366-9288

Hands-On Montessori School Mansfield, MA • 508-339-4667

Harborlight-Stoneridge Montessori School Beverly, MA • 978-922-1008

Inly School

Scituate, MA • 781-545-5544

Keystone Montessori School

N. Chelmsford, MA • 978-251-2929

Burlington, MA • 781-273-0432

CA Montessori Children’s Center

King’s Wood Montessori School Foxboro, MA • 508-543-6391

Framingham, MA • 508-628-8429

Cambridge Montessori School

Kingsley Montessori School Boston, MA • 617-226-4900

Cambridge, MA • 617-492-3410

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Montessori School List Lexington, MA • 781-862-8571

Longmeadow Montessori Internationale

Newton Montessori School

Meeting House Montessori

80 Crescent Avenue Newton • 617-969-4488 http://www.newtonmontessori.org A diverse, nurturing community of children from 15 months

Melrose Montessori School

North Shore Montessori School

Melrose, MA • 781-665-0621

Rowley, MA • 978-495-2244

Mighty Oaks Montessori School

Norwood Montessori School

Auburn, MA • 508-304-7110

Norwood, MA • 781-769-6150

Montessori Beginnings School

Notre Dame Children’s Class

Sandwich, MA • 508-477-7730

Wenham, MA • 978-468-1340

Montessori Children’s House of Wellesley

Oak Meadow School

Montessori Country Day School of Holden

Old Colony Montessori School

Holden, MA • 508-829-2999

Hingham, MA • 781-749-3698

Montessori Day School of Wellesley Hills

Panda Cub Montessori

Longmeadow, MA • 413-567-1820 Braintree, MA • 781-356-7877

Wellesley, MA • 781-235-9439

Wellesley Hills, MA • 919-259-6516

Montessori Escuela

Belmont, MA • 508-454-0631

Montessori Institute-New England at HarborlightStoneridge Montessori School

Littleton, MA • 978-486-9874

Chestnut Hill, MA • 617-614-7709

Pinewood School of Montessori Plymouth, MA • 508-746-5127

Pioneer Valley Montessori School Springfield, MA • 413-782-3108

Beverly, MA • 978-927-9600

Montessori Parent Child Center

Pond View Montessori School Dedham, MA • 781-801-7939

Boston, MA • 617-513-4270

My Montessori of Woburn

Reading Montessori School Reading, MA • 781-944-1057

Woburn, MA • 781-333-4898

Nashoba Montessori School Lancaster, MA 978-365-2555

Newburyport Montessori School

River Valley Charter School Newburyport, MA 978-465-0065

Sam Placentino Elementary School Holliston, MA • 508-429-0647

Newburyport, MA • 978-462-7165

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The Riverbend School

Shrewsbury Montessori School

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Summit Montessori School

The Torit School

Hull, MA • 781-773-1588

Shrewsbury, MA • 508-842-2116

Framingham, MA • 508-872-3630

Sunrise Montessori School Franklin, MA • 508-541-8010

T.E.C. School

Worcester, MA • 508-577-3045

Tara Montessori School

Manchester, MA • 978-526-8487

Thacher Montessori School

1425 Blue Hill Avenue, Milton • 617-361-2522 www.thacherschool.org Thacher Montessori School is a diverse, joyful, and collaborative learning community for toddlers through 8th grade. We embrace each child’s unique potential, nurture boundless curiosity and cultivate a lasting love of learning.

The Bethlehem School

Lynnefield, MA • 781-334-6436

The Montessori School of Northampton Northampton, MA • 413-586-4538

The Montessori School of the Berkshires Lenox Dale, MA • 413-637-3662

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Natick, MA • 508-655-7333

Sandwich, MA • 508-888-4222

Boston, MA • 617-523-4000

The Westwood Montessori School Westwood, MA • 781-329-5557

Tobin Montessori School

Cambridge, MA • 617-349-6600

Treetops Montessori School

Sturbridge, MA • 508-347-8059

Urban Village Montessori

Haverhill, MA • 978-361-0793

Vineyard Montessori School

Vineyard Haven, MA • 508-693-4090

Walnut Park Montessori School Newton, MA • 617-969-9208

Wildflower Montessori School Cambridge, MA • 617-863-7290

Wollaston Hill Montessori School Quincy, MA • 617-237-0722

Woodside Montessori Academy Millis, MA • 508-376-5320