Montessori
Resources for 9 to 18-Year-Olds
TEENS:
Montessori for teenagers in junior
and senior high school is called "Erkinder" meaning "Farm School"
and the concept can be updated and modified to fit modern times.
I often get asked if I do Montessori distance learning for teens,
sorry I do not. However, here are some resources about Montessori Farm
School that will help you:
Read
this article from the Mountain Montessori Farm School on Erkinder
Read
the "Comparison of Montessori & Traditional Middle Schools" (PDF download
from http://www.montessori-namta.org)
Check out the following Montessori book
from the library:
From
Childhood to Adolescence Including 'Erkinder' and the Functions of the
University
by Maria Montessori.
"Essays on the educational concerns
of the child from age seven [to] the adolescent, and even the mature university
student. [Maria Montessori] considers each level and seeks optimum method
of facilitating growth."--Nienhuis Books & Publications
Read this article from Michael Olaf MONTESSORI
FOR AGES TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN: Montessori Philosophy and Practice for the
Middle School & High School Years.
Do a search with "Erkinder"
and "Farm School" as your key words at Yahoo and Google or go here:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Montessori+Farm+School
Kindling Touch Institute: Not farm
school/Erkinder but focuses on the adolescent and young adult, Inspiring
the Adolescent and Adult Mind
Montessori Special Needs
FAQs is now here
Montessori Upper Elementary
FAQs
Upper elementary: I'm always on
the look out for what's available for upper elementary homeschoolers: check
out these Montessori albums
and training.
Try joining some of the Montessori/homeschool
Yahoo
groups and asking members with
older children what they are doing for upper elementary. You can see a
list of the Montessori/homeschool Yahoo Groups I'm a member of here.
You can also look into these Erkinder
resources (Montessori farm school/high
school) to see what is coming down the road, and fill in the gaps.
What I can say is that upper elementary
Montessori does a lot of research projects with the children: they
go through/teach various subjects and read books about those subjects and
write research papers. And the subjects are the same as the lower elementary
(botany, zoology, history, science, etc. ).
You also might try getting a traditional
book on Amazon.com to see what's taught in each grade to give you ideas,
like the E.D.
Hirsch Jr. books
(What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know, Revised Edition: Fundamentals
of A Good Fourth Grade Education Core Knowledge Series...).
Other books of interest:
Montessori upper elementary blogs with
lots of great stuff:
