Montessori Tides School – Jacksonville Beach, FL

Montessori Tides School continues to stoke the flame. In the video below, Nancy Hatton, Lead Lower-Elementary Directress shares to you a living and breathing story about teaching the child.

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Brad Hatton shared once, “Montessori teachers don’t find Montessori, Montessori finds them.” I feel this quote speaks volumes to the kind of teachers Tides beholds…those who are filled with a great love.

One day while observing in Ms. Nancy’s classroom a child was visiting from a conventional school with no prior Montessori experience. On that day I had a very special thought explode in my mind about Ms. Nancy. “There is nothing she couldn’t take on and that I am convinced of.” I now understand fully there is not a child Montessori Tides couldn’t teach because they

The Elementary Program is based on the “Great Lessons” of Montessori education. In the video below, Nancy Hatton, Montessori Tides Elementary Teacher continues our grammar lesson series.  Last time we met, Ms. Nancy introduced the first part of grammar of the article “the”. Watch, Nancy and her students discuss the difference between “a” and “an” in our second article lesson. We hope you enjoy!

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The Elementary Program is based on the “Great Lessons” of Montessori education. In the video below, Nancy Hatton, Montessori Tides Elementary Teacher continues the story of Language with another grammar lesson. In the elementary level, the initial lesson is almost always given as an impressionistic lesson. This is the first impressionistic lesson to introduce the part of grammar of the article.

These videos are designed to share and bring awareness of the continual journey the Montessori Tides program offers from toddler to elementary. We encourage all to visit and witness these “Great Lessons” of Montessori education and see firsthand what lies ahead in the Montessori Tides Program.

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“The elementary child has reached a new level of development. Before he was interested