Baltimore, MD, October 14-18, 2009

Starts: Thursday, October 15, 8:00 a.m. (for optional Keepers of Alexandria workshop)
Starts: Thursday, October 15, 7:00 p.m. (main conference)
Ends: Sunday, October 18, 11:00 a.m.

Online registration is now closed. You can still register and pay on-site.

Description

Whole-school immersion in Montessori language provides a profound sense of purpose and dimension for Montessori teachers, who not only present language for their own age group but also appreciate the relationship between their work and that of the rest of the school. The goal of this conference is to show the whole of language in the context of the whole of human formation. We will explore a wide variety of language development, oral and written traditions, the story of language, grammar, creative self-expression, storytelling as teaching, and the teaching of writing and reading. Language is examined as a psycho-discipline focused on the cognitive, emotional, moral, and social outcomes that can be identified as Montessori-specific.