April 2022 Thirteen adventurous and daring improvisers came together at Camp Haven in Empire, MI, to learn the art of musical improv with...

February 2022 Montessori Administrators played games and participated in activities that emphasized the importance of play, levity,...

Improvisation as a tool for creative expression in an adolescent community Abstract: Montessori and improv share the principle of...

Promoting Peace through Improvisational Play What a thrill to be a keynote speaker at the 2021 Montessori Europe Congress, presenting on...

A Geometric Solid Walked into a Bar: adaptability, empathy, and integrated curriculum through improvisational play During this session we...

February 2021 The Art of Walking in Another’s Shoes: Enacted Storytelling as a powerful tool for heightening the many facets of...

The Jazz of Leadership February 2021 As part of the administrator's track for the AMI/USA annual conference, I presented a workshop on...

December 2020 Enjoy these games I loved playing with these great Montessori Heads of School! Introduction starts at 1:44 Association...

Confessions Ages 6 - 99 How to Play This is a 'getting to know you' game that involves everyone answering a set of personal questions...

Three more games are described here which you and your family can enjoy playing together over this unusually distant holiday. Keep it...

Looking for some fun, laughter, and connection with friends and family this holiday? Here is a collection of games to play online with...

Montessori ACTion for Equity: Acknowledge, Contemplate, Transform November 2020 Both Montessori pedagogy and comedic improvisation share...

The great community of Lead Montessori came together for a virtual play date with 50+ education leaders from around the world, learning...

Arbor Montessori, Decatur, GA August 2020 Above, we are playing the game "What did you Say?" with these fabulous elementary teachers...

Who knew Zoom meetings could be so much fun! Teachers playing together for team development and also to gather more tools for engaging...

by Lisa Thauvette One of the arguments waged against digital devices is how eyes are glued to the screen resulting in less live...

London, Ontario Entitlement is more than being ‘spoiled’; it is the anti-thesis of passion. Forty-five spirited and enthusiastic faculty...

Keynote Speaker - Montessori Consortium of the Great Lakes Conference October 2019 The research is clear: parent involvement in their...

by Lisa Thauvette In the Montessori elementary curriculum there is the Chart of Interdependencies, which introduces the concept to the...

The teaching team at Meadow Montessori had no idea what they were getting into when they began their in-service professional development...