If you subscribe to the “Montessori for Parents Podcast”, you now have a choice of a standard definition or a high definition channel. If you have the connection speed and are willing to wait for a few more seconds, the high definition channel is worth it. You can also download episodes from either channel to [...]

A new DVD with Ginny Varga discussing movement, order and language will be provided free with the purchase of either, “Preparation for Life: Montessori Infant-Toddler Communities” or with the “Infant-Toddler Assistant Training” package. Three individual clips, shot in high definition, illustrate Ginny’s insights with classroom footage. Please call to request this special offer. The DVD [...]

EVP is packaging a free DVD with certain purchases. With the purchase of “Nurturing the Love of Learning: Montessori for the Early Childhood Years” we are offering a new DVD with Anna Perry talking about the five curriculum areas. These five clips are drawn from the “Montessori for Parents Podcast” and will provide schools with [...]

Montessori recognized early on that infants and toddlers develop knowledge rapidly in the areas of movement, order and language. Early drafts of the next two podcasts on the sensitive periods of movement and order are now available on YouTube to review. Movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qhq3GwyWQ Order: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE6NpPI0zs4

The sixth episode of the “Montessori for Parents Podcast” covers the early childhood cultural curriculum. We now have given an overview of all five of the early childhood curriculum areas. In future episodes, we will go into more detail about each one. In the next three episodes, we will cover the infant-toddler sensitive periods of [...]

Anna Perry from the Seton Montessori Institute describes how the early childhood Montessori language curriculum uses a phonetic approach combined with hands on materials that help children learn the mechanics of writing. Moveable alphabets allow children to practice writing. The best way to subscribe to the podcasts is through the iTunes music store. They are [...]

The two major vendors of Montessori Videos and DVDs other than Educational Video are NAMTA and The Montessori Foundation.

Montessori for Parents Podcast Episode 4

http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/Homeschool_Reviews/2199.php The Old Schoolhouse Magazine posted a nice review of our set of demonstration DVDs. The last paragraph criticizes the $59 per DVD price tag for homeschoolers. We are dropping the price to $39 in response. Hopefully the large number of homeschoolers will make up for the drop in price.

There are now four YouTube clips featuring Celma Perry reflecting on the Montessori early childhood environment from her perspective of over 40 years as a Montessorian. Two new ones are on the academic environment: and an anectdote about the study of art in early childhood Montessori: