TED Talks, Videos, Articles and Research
Browse our collection of interesting articles and videos on Montessori, Childhood Development, and Parenting.
TED Talks Education
TEDx: Adele Diamond – Turning some ideas on their head
- Wonderful talk on executive functions
TED: Peter Benson – Sparks: How Youth Thrive
TED: Sir Ken Robinson – Bring on the learning revolution!
- In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish.
TED: Sir Ken Robinson – Schools Kill Creativity
- Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
TED: Sir Ken Robinson’s Top 10 Talks on Education
- Watch these insightful TED talks on education recommended by creativity expert and cultural leader, Sir Ken Robinson
TED: Why Should You Listen to Sir Ken Robinson
- Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
Montessori at Home
Montessori at Home – A Step By Step Guide
How to Create the Perfect Montessori Bathroom
Create a Beautiful Montessori Bedroom with Floor Bed & More
Seven Little Ways to Create a Montessori Home Environment
Six Secrets to Creating an Amazing Montessori Environment
A Guide to Designing Your Montessori Playroom
The First Steps to Montessori at Home for Infants
How to Create the Perfect Montessori Bathroom
My All-Time Favorite Montessori Mobiles for Your Baby’s Room
How to Simply Integrate the Montessori Method at Home
How to Implement Montessori Without Breaking the Bank
Two Secrets to Bringing Montessori into Your Home
The Best Ways to Implement Montessori at Home {Food}
Montessori in the Home for Infants and Toddlers
YOUTUBE: MONTESSORI AT HOME: What Is Montessori? (& Why Do It?)
YOUTUBE: HOW TO: SET UP YOUR MONTESSORI HOME (Affordable, practical, and easy)
YOUTUBE: MONTESSORI ON A BUDGET (or NO Budget at all)!
What is Montessori? Why Montessori?
YOUTUBE: Montessori Home Tour | How We Montessori At Home
YOUTUBE: 321 FastDraw – Trevor Eissler “Montessori Madness!”
YOUTUBE: How Children Learn to Read in a Montessori Classroom
VIMEO: No Frustration, Dr. Steven Hughes
- Watch this brief video clip on indirect preparation, one of those concepts that is so clearly and beautifully represented in a Montessori classroom.
VIMEO: Interview at Santa Barbara Montessori School, Dr. Steven Hughes
VIMEO: Montessori education allows for each child’s individual path rather than teaching to a “normal average“, Dr. Stephen Hughes
Developing Executive Function: An Investment Worth Making Early
How Montessori Affects Early Brain Development
Maria Montessori – Her Life and Work
Is Montessori the Origin of Google and Amazon?
- Building the Pink Tower will be a documentary film that re-imagines schools and learning through the lens of Montessori education.
The Five Characteristics of Play—And of Montessori Work
Montessori vs. Traditional Education
VIMEO: Why 20th Century Educational Methods Won’t Work in the 21st Century and What We Can Do About It?
YOUTUBE: 321 FastDraw – Superwoman Was Already Here! – Super Dr.Maria
YOUTUBE: 321 FastDraw – Changing Education Paradigms
What happens when society emphasizes technical education and treats the humanities as irrelevant?, By Robert Frodeman, The Dallas Morning News
Montessori Preschool Boosts Academic Results and Reduces Income-based Inequality, By EurekAlert, The Global Source for Science News
Evaluating Montessori Education
- A study compares the outcomes of Montessori education with traditional education
Montessori Builds Innovators, By Andrew McAfee, Harvard Business Review Blog
The Innovator’s DNA, By Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen, Harvard Business Review Blog
Montessori Is An Example Of The New Culture of Learning, By Steve Denning, Forbes Magazine
The Single Best Idea for Reforming K-12 Education
Standing Up to Testing, By Ginia Bellafante, New York Times
Stop Stealing Dreams (What is school for?)
- Large-scale education was not developed to motivate kids or to create scholars. It was invented to churn out adults who worked well within the system.
Outdated Teaching is Failing Our Children
Public School Stakes Its Future on the Montessori Way
Joy: A Subject Schools Lack – Becoming educated should not require giving up pleasure, By Susan Engel, The Atlantic
Superwoman Was Already Here, by Daniel Petter-Lipstein
Who Are Famous Montessori Educated People?, By Daily Montessori
NeuroScience Supports Montessori
Montessori and Executive Function
How Montessori Affects Early Brain Development
VIMEO: The Science Behind the Method
- A pediatric neuropsychologist shares why Montessori education leads to higher order cognitive functions critical for advanced problem solving and lifetime success.
YOUTUBE: Why Tools of the Mind and Montessori Educational Approaches Can Help Executive Function Skills
- Watch this impressive YouTube video by Adele Diamond, PhD. It is worth the 9 minutes!
Neurological Argument for the Phonetic Approach to Learning Language
- “The exploration and education of language in a Montessori classroom is so easy and natural because it begins phonetically and gradually matures to include the complex mysteries of the English language.”
Brain Development and Learning: Making Sense of Science
Research Supports Montessori
Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning: From the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
Research Shows Benefits of Montessori Education
Evaluating Montessori Education
- A study compares the outcomes of Montessori education with traditional education
Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius
Research Validates Montessori Approach to Teaching Language
Montessori Research and Articles from Montessori Northwest
Test-free System Gives Children a Better Start in Life
Montessori Is An Example Of The New Culture of Learning
The Montessori Mafia – Wall Street Journal
Montessori Through the Eyes of a Scientist
Montessori Testimonials
Montessori Words: Where people share their Montessori stories
- Read what parents, families and children from all over the world say about their Montessori experience.
We Are Montessori: Where Montessori alumni share their stories
Early Childhood Education
Sen. Tom Harkin: Fixing Economy Starts With Early Education
Early Lesson: Flexibility Leads To Creativity At Work
The New York Times: Scientific Inquiry Among the Preschool Set
Parenting
VIDEO: Because No One Was Born A Parent
I Trust You, by Chip Delorenzo, M.ED.
- “I trust you. What other three words carry such weight and meaning?” But trusting kids (real trust) doesn’t always come easy.
Rude Vs. Mean Vs. Bullying: Defining The Differences, By Signe Whitson, Huffington Post
Abandon Parenting, and Just Be a Parent, By Adam Gopnik
Parenting while distracted: By Jane Scott, The Washington Post
What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?
- Making mistakes and incorrect decisions is an important part of life. How else do we know what NOT to do?
Embrace Those Mistakes With Gusto!, By Kathy Masarie
- Allowing your children to make mistakes and experience disappointments is the biggest gift you can give to your child.
Too Much Praise Is No Good for Toddlers
Slow, Free Range, Idle Parents Can Increase IQ and Happiness, By Kirsten Dirksen, Co-founder, faircompanies.com
Aid to Life: Supporting the Natural Development of Children
- This is a wonderful parenting resource for infants and young children.
Are you raising nice kids? A Harvard psychologist gives 5 ways to raise them to be kind, By Amy Joyce, The Washington Post
Preparing the Home Environment, Child Development and Montessori
Montessori Biology – Birth to Age Twelve, By Michael Olaf Montessori
- Providing practical Montessori information with families and schools for over a quarter of a century
Train a Parent, Spare a Child, By Bruce Feiler, New York Times
- “…giving children tangible rewards — from money to sweets to an extra hour before bedtime — not only doesn’t work in the long term, it actually has a negative effect on them.” So if bribes don’t work, what does? Read the article for suggestions on how to modify a child’s behavior without bribes or rewards.
Learn about Practical Life at Home
Modern Parenting: Tips, Tricks, and Traps, By Steven Hughes
Ten Montessori Home Parenting Tips for Children Under 3
- It’s how we relate in the classroom
Montessori Parenting Ideas for Summer
Children on Media
Screen Time Syndrome: Brain Images Explain Why Kids Are Moody, Impulsive & Can’t Pay Attention
Media Alternatives for Teen, By Beth, Our Montessori Life
- This article gives concrete solutions to curb the use of media for teenagers, but these tips are applicable to ALL ages and the bottom line applies to ALL parents.
Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent, By Nick Bilton, The New York Times
Video Game Addiction: A nation watches as its youth turn into zombies
Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say, By by Matt Richtel, The New York Times
Educated Perspectives
VIDEO: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
YOUTUBE: The happy secret to better work
PODCAST: Back to School, This American Life Podcast with Host Ira Glass
- An emerging theory about what to teach kids, from Paul Tough’s new book “How Children Succeed”
First There Was IQ. Then EQ. But Does CQ — Creative Intelligence — Matter Most?, By Anita Hamilton, Time
Understanding Happiness, By Maren Schmidt
Corporate Kindergarten: How A Montessori Mindset Can Transform Your Business, By Justin Wasserman, Forbes Magazine
Electronic devices may keep teens from sleeping, By Robert Preidt, Health Day
Self-Regulation: The Key to Successful Students?
The Competing Views on Competition, by Matt Richtel, The New York Times
Need a Job? Invent It, by Thomas L. Freidman, The New York Times
Stop Stealing Dreams (what is school for?), By Seth Godin
The Children’s Menu], By Seth Godin
The Pop! of the Wild, By Aaron Hirsch, The New York Times
- A look at the online education debate
Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning
A Link Between Fidgety Boys and a Sputtering Economy, By David Leonhardt, The New York Times