The Best Pre-school for My Child: How to Define and Choose a Quality Pre-school Option (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781475252200)

Mariann Seaman, the Director and Head Teacher of Sweetwater Montessori School in New Bern, North Carolina [http: //www.sweetwatermontessori.com] has been involved in Montessori preschool, kindergarten and early elementary education for over 20 years. Mariann's interest in the Montessori Method began while she was pregnant with her twin sons, discovering the Method while researching various potential education alternatives for them. She practiced Montessori in the home with her sons from a very young age and in August of 1991, when her sons were four years old, she enrolled them in a Montessori preschool program in Jackson, Tennessee where she lived at the time. Mariann began her public Monstessori career as a preschool volunteer mom, assisting there three days a week (or more). After five months Mariann became a preschool teacher assistant. In 1996 Mariann Seaman graduated from the Memphis Montessori Institute and received her American Montessori Society Early Childhood Credential for preschool and kindergarten, ages 3-6. Mariann Seaman served as a Head Teacher, Preschool and Kindergarten for nine more years and also served as Secretary on the Board of Directors for the Montessori school in Tennessee until her move to New Bern, North Carolina in June of 2005. In January 2008 Mariann volunteered at another preschool in New Bern, North Carolina in various advisory capacities and served as Treasurer on the Board of Directors. Mariann Seaman started an enrichment class for early elementary home schoolers in September 2008, developing and running that program until May 2011 when she resigned to found the Sweetwater Montessori School in New Bern. Mariann loves being with the children and watching as they grow and flourish in the Montessori environment. She also enjoys meeting and working with so many families who embrace the Montessori philosophy. Mariann Seaman is a certified Montessori teacher through the American Montessori Society (AMS), of which she is a member. Mariann lives in New Bern, NC with Art, her husband of many years. Together they have two grown children.