One spring day, a young boy from the Montessori adolescent class came to give me a note that had been stapled shut and was marked 'For your eyes only'. I thanked the boy, who told me his teacher was expecting a reply. I opened the note and was surprised by the message:
"My vision of the future is no longer of people taking exams, earning a secondary diploma, and proceeding on to university, but of indi...
The Montessori prepared environment is an ever evolving place. Just as the teacher must follow the child’s lead when presenting lessons and...
Earth Day is celebrated every April 22. It is a day dedicated to environmental awareness and is a catalyst for positive change in the way w...
Do you remember learning to write in cursive? Along with memorizing my multiplication tables, the constant drills of handwriting practice h...
Parent involvement and education is an important part of a well-functioning Montessori school. Happy families help with retention and, ...
I recently returned from the 2013 American Montessori Society (AMS) annual conference held in Orlando, Florida. And while Orlando may be ...
In 2001, the U.S. National Reading Panel Report investigated the importance of vocabulary instruction in developing readers. It conclude...
When we refrain from guiding the subjugated child step by step, when, liberating the child from our personal influence, we place him in an ...
