Montessori identified eleven different Sensitive Periods, and others have been suggested as our understanding of human development…
Toddlers and the Sensitive Periods
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The Sensitive Period to Order, or Why Won’t My Kid Just Use a Different Spoon?
The Sensitive Period to Order, which usually presents between the ages of two and four, brings with it a whole new set of challenges for…
A Beginning, Middle and End: The Cycle of Activity
As the school year progresses, you’ll see the simpler, familiar activities on the classroom shelves replaced with beautiful, carefully…
Montessori Monday: Word Building with the Large Moveable Alphabet
Our Montessori classroom is rich with language, from the casual conversations children enjoy between friends and teachers to the formal…
Teacher Talk: Evoking Gratitude on all the other days
As we recover from American Thanksgiving, it’s a time to be aware of the things for which we are grateful. But how do we “teach” a virtue…
Childhood For Sale: Cheap!
Black Friday: the day most American marketers are finally “in the black,” an accomplishment reflective of the start of the holiday…
Thankful: Montessori
It’s the American Thanksgiving, and across the country, families are gathering together to acknowledge the things for which they are…
Modeling Gratitude in the Third Plane: 12-18
If you believe what you see on TV, you might think that adolescents are selfish, narcissistic, and judgmental of adults, their siblings,…
Modeling Gratitude in the Second Plane: 6-12
By the time your child is in the Second Plane of Development, so many qualities of their personalities have emerged and focused. You know…
Modeling Gratitude in the First Plane: 3-6
Montessori’s Grace and Courtesy lessons are a beautiful component of our Early Childhood environments, offering engaging, playful ways…