“No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child” ― Maria Montessori Of Montessori’s many revolutionary ideas, one of…
The Oppression of the Child
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All Planes
Visiting for Special Events
It’s that time of year, when classrooms or entire school communities come together to celebrate the accomplishments of the year. You may…
Teacher Talk: The Manipulative Teacher
Montessori identified the need to manipulate as one of the Tendencies of Humans, those core qualities that we share across cultures and…
Work
You may have heard Montessorians use the language of “work,” to describe the materials on the shelf, or the activities in which the…
The Prepared “Environment”
environment, from Merriam-Webster: 1: the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors (as climate, soil, and living things) that…
Guides and Teachers
What do we call those people who share and prepare Montessori environments? Are they Teachers? Guides? Directors? Facilitators? You’ll…
Scholars and Children
Language matters. The ways we refer to ourselves and the ways we refer to children, the special language we use to describe our work, it…
Teacher Talk: Concentration
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…
Teacher Talk: Empathy
We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole…
When We Parent…
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…