When Montessorians talk about protecting the child’s spiritual development, we are not talking about issues of religion or theology. In…
Montessori describes the ideal analysis of rhythm, notes, notation and other individual components of music that she proposes can be…
History demonstrates an ongoing tension between back-to-basics school reform and models that focus on the “whole child,” like Montessori,…
Math is a language of the spirit. Really. When Montessori acknowledged that the tendency toward the construction of the mathematical mind…
Perhaps the most distinct difference between traditional early childhood programs and Montessori classrooms is the focus on what is real,…
Someone asked me a question recently that began with, “When you parent…” When don’t I parent? For years, a poster hung in my house that…
If you look through any set of Montessori manuals, you’ll see a fairly common component in each detailed description of the material: the…
What do you believe? No, really. What do you believe? About children. About school. About your role, as an adult, as a parent, as a…
Early in my career as a Montessori teacher, I had a three year old student in my class who would enter the classroom every morning,…
We can get a little sheepish when Montessori writes about the spiritual development of the child. We don’t want to offend anyone, and we…