Children in the First Plane of development are learning how to push through struggles, how to try again and again and again, often…
Persistence in the Second Plane
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Persistence in the First Plane
We may hope for a peaceful future for our children, that they are successful and supported throughout their lives. We may want to protect…
Montessori At Home- Day A Million and Two: The Kitchen
It’s been almost a year since we shifted to school-at-home. You may feel pressure to “keep up with schoolwork.” We have established some…
Montessori At-Home Day A Million
We’re still doing this. It’s been almost a year since most schools were affected by the pandemic, almost a year since many of our…
Preparing for the First Day of School: 0-3
Whether this is the first time your child is headed to school or you’re preparing for your youngest of six, the first day of school…
Teacher Talk: Preparing for the New Year
Are your shelves cleaned? Have you reorganized your cupboards? Are they a safe distance apart? Decided whether the loft should be a…
Summer with your Infant/Toddler
This is a curious summer. Some children have returned to school after months away. Others are still at home with their families, maybe…
Maintaining Community from a Distance
Montessori teaching is a calling that demands self-care. We are intellectually engaged long beyond after the children have gone home,…
“The secret of all nature is to be found in the soul of a child.”
You may be getting ready to return to your classroom this fall with a whole list of teacher resolutions in your mind. Maybe you’re…
“We ask for obedience from children, and the children ask for the moon.”
These are curious days, when we are neither where we have been nor where we are going, comfortable in this in-between space because we’ve…