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Montessori in the Backseat
If you’re like most American families, your child spends at least some time every day strapped into a carseat in the backseat of the car….
Material Matters
Visitors to Montessori classrooms often comment on the beautiful materials on the shelves, the lovely wooden crafted puzzles, graceful…
Dinnertime
You’ve heard it before: families that sit down to dinner together enjoy higher academic outcomes for their kids, higher self-esteem, and…
The Witching Hour
The activity of the day is done (almost.) Dinner is ready (almost.) The table is almost set. The kids are almost settled down. You’re not…
Teacher Talk: Breaking Bread
Montessori teaching is a calling that demands self-care. We are intellectually engaged long beyond after the children have gone home,…
Mealtime in the Third Plane: 12-18
Except for the occasional glimpse of the backs of their heads emerging from the refrigerator, you might have stopped expecting to see…
Mealtime in the Second Plane: 6-12
Peaceful family dinners during the Age of Rudeness? Yes, it’s possible. But just as bedtime had to change to accommodate the needs of a…
Mealtime in the First Plane: 3-6
When you visit a Montessori Early Childhood classroom, you’re likely to see children preparing foods of all kinds: chopping apples,…
Mealtime in the First Plane: 0-3
Montessori classrooms for infants and toddlers are designed with four primary areas in mind: sleeping, toileting or diapering, eating and…