Montessori’s writings can be challenging for us as readers. She is both theorist and scientist, poet and professora. She presents to us…
Montessori describes the love a parent feels for their child, the pure, selfless dedication that allows us to give our children our own…
“Supposing I said there was a planet without schools or teachers, where study was unknown, and yet the inhabitants- doing nothing but…
Montessori took note of of the “ancient” lineage of school, too stuck in its ways to change from within, and calls, instead for a…
One of the core premises of Montessori is the belief that children are intrinsically motivated to learn, a conclusion drawn from…
T he children evoke every possible emotion from us: love, heartache, frustration, admiration, hope… you’d have to be made of stone to…
When I was a much younger teacher, I had a student enigma, one of those kids who, despite everything I presented or didn’t, despite the…
Montessorians often talk with some pride (and maybe a little boasting) about the ways in which Dr. Montessori’s influence on early…
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” -…
When Montessorians talk about protecting the child’s spiritual development, we are not talking about issues of formal religion or…