Mrs. Perrien Goes to MSU: Happy Birthday, Maria Montessori!

August 31st marks Maria Montessori's 142nd birthday! If you haven't, check out the Google Doodle for Dr. Maria Montessori.

Interesting articles on Maria Montessori and Montessori education:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2012/0831/Maria-Montessori-Is-the-Montessori-method-any-good

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409181,00.asp

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2012/0831/Maria-Montessori-and-10-famous-graduates-from-her-schools/Google-founders-Larry-Page-and-Sergey-Brin

About Mrs. Perrien

Mrs. Perrien taught for West Ottawa Montessori from 2004-2013. In her "spare time" she sometimes adjuncted in the College of Education at Grand Valley State University, teaching reading courses for graduate and undergraduate teachers. She has also worked at private and charter Montessori schools in the West Michigan area. Mrs. Perrien has an undergraduate degree in social sciences and a master’s degree in Reading from Grand Valley State University. She has a K-12 Reading Specialist endorsement.

Mrs. Perrien received her AMS 6-12 Montessori credentials from the Midwest Montessori Teacher Training Center in Evanston, Illinois. She has been a Montessori teacher since 1997.

Mrs. Perrien is married to her high school sweetheart and has two children as well as a Shetland Sheepdog named Holly. In 2011, their family added a sassy black cat named Ebony. Ebony was adopted from Lake Haven Animal Rescue. To learn more about Lake Haven visit the following link: http://www.lakehavenrescue.org/.

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