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Empowering educators to inspire,
innovate & transform. AMS-affiliated, MACTE-accredited teacher education fostering growth,
leadership & excellence.

Infant Toddler, Early Childhood, Elementary & Admin credentials. Join us in shaping education’s future!

10/29/2026

Last night, our faculty met for our first professional development session of the academic year. Dr. Nancy Lindeman shared her doctoral research on Intergenerational Learning in Montessori Environments, stretching our thinking about how older adults can benefit our traditional Montessori settings. It was an inspiring evening and we are excited to dive even deeper at our January session!

10/28/2026

Sometimes a material is just too beautiful to leave on the shelf. 😍

In Early Childhood, the Arithmetic Trinomial Cube is a purely sensorial experience. There’s no formal lesson, just hands, eyes and a lot of concentration as the pieces come together. Along the way, our EC adult learners talk about hierarchical inclusion and how this work stealthily lays the groundwork for math to come.

It’s one of our favorite sensorial explorations!

What's your favorite material that's not in your albums?

10/27/2026

Every child deserves a classroom where they belong. Do you have the tools to make that happen?✨

Our Montessori Inclusion Endorsement prepares Montessori teachers to support every learner, including children with disabilities and learning differences. You’ll learn how to differentiate instruction and make the most of the prepared environment so each child can thrive.

💻 Mostly online, so it fits around your schedule
🎓 Taught by experts in Montessori, inclusion and disability advocacy
🌍 One of only two programs of its kind in the world

Our adult learners don’t just study differentiation. They practice it. Every course includes a hands-on component, you’ll work through real case studies, and a 16-week practicum takes place in your own classroom. You’ll leave with strategies you can use the very next day.

Ready to learn more? Tap the link in our bio or send us a DM! 📩

10/21/2026

💬 Lessons from the Learners

“This endorsement is a strong affirmation of Montessori educators, providing them with an effective approach to meet children where they are and reinforcing the belief that all children belong in the classroom when provided with the appropriate support.”

At WSMS-TEP, we believe every child deserves a place in the classroom. Our Montessori Inclusion Endorsement gives educators the knowledge, strategies, and confidence to support every learner, honoring each child’s unique path while building classrooms where all children can thrive.

Ready to deepen your practice? Join the next MIE cohort! Check out the 🔗 in bio or email Melissa at [email protected] for details.

10/20/2026

You don’t need a forest to study botany! Tree pits, window boxes, community gardens, and even the weeds growing through cracks in the pavement are full of plants waiting to be explored. A walk around any neighborhood, even right here in New York City, can become a lesson in the living world.

Slowing down to really look is where it begins. What shape are the leaves? How many petals does the flower have? Where is the stem, and what might the roots look like under the soil? These are the same questions children ask when they’re given the time and space to wonder.

These observations can travel right back into the classroom. A fallen leaf can be matched to the botany leaf cabinet. A flower can be gently taken apart to find the parts children have learned in the nomenclature cards. Sketches, pressed specimens, and a small nature table can all bring the outdoors inside, connecting classroom work to the living world just outside the door.

And for children growing up in the city, discovering that nature is all around them, even on their own block, is a lesson in itself.

10/19/2026

When exploring the Constructive Triangles, adult learners discover firsthand that the triangle is the foundation of plane geometry. This beautiful material builds big ideas: that complex shapes are made from simpler ones, and that different combinations can create the same figure.

In the Hexagonal Box, triangles are joined along their black guide lines. As the pieces come together, different polygons emerge, such as hexagons, rhombuses, trapezoids, and parallelograms.

This material allows children to feel these concepts with their hands before they learn the words for them, laying the groundwork for later work with geometry, fractions, and area.

By experiencing the material themselves, our future guides gain a deeper understanding of the curiosity, concentration, and joy of discovery that children bring to this work.

10/16/2026

Did you know that a vertical line points straight toward the center of the Earth? Hang a weight from a string, and gravity does the rest. That’s a plumb line!

In the Montessori elementary classroom, children don’t just memorize the word “vertical.” They watch gravity create it. Soon they’re spotting vertical lines everywhere: door frames, buildings, trees.

It's a great connector to history as children go on to explore how builders have trusted the plumb line for thousands of years, from ancient Egypt to construction sites all over the world today. Geometry, physics, and human ingenuity, all on one string.

10/06/2026

It's a perfect time of year to study native leaves in your area. Do you remember all the parts of a leaf? What's your favorite fall-themed work you've created?

10/05/2026

Happy to educators around the world!

We know that "the teacher's task is no small or easy one! They have to prepare a huge amount of knowledge to satisfy the child's mental hunger, and they are not, like the ordinary teacher, limited by a syllabus." (Maria Montessori, To Educate the Human Potential)

Thank you for committing to a better world through your work with children. 💙

10/02/2026

That feeling when it's Friday and ! 🙂 Did you know the iconic yellow smiley was created in 1963 by artist, Harvey Ball? In 1999, he founded World Smile Day as a way to remind people to “Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.”

Who was the last person that made you smile? 🙂

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309 W 92nd Street
New York, NY
10025

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+12126628000

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http://www.wsmsnyc.org/teachereducation

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