“The vision of the teacher should be at once precise like that of the scientist, and spiritual like that of the saint. The preparation…
Teacher Talk: Grace and Courtesy and the Adult
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All Planes
Chaos and Dancing Stars
It’s November… about eight weeks or so into most classroom’s academic year, and the time when we start to think of the environments…
On the Autumn Rush
It’s already November, when school routines feel a little more settled and we’re starting to feel more at ease. Just as the air starts to…
Math and the Teacher’s Spirit
Math is a language of the spirit. Really. When Montessori acknowledged that the tendency toward the construction of the mathematical mind…
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…
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: The Freedom to Interact (or Not) as Teachers
Our first goal as Montessori teachers is to prepare environments within which children no longer notice our presence. So, how come this…
Montessori Monday: The Freedom to Interact (or NOT) in the Montessori Classroom
If you think of school as a place in which children are all lined up in their desks or sitting around the same circle, staring ahead at…
Teacher Talk: Settling In
You’ve made it through those first few weeks, the crying children, the crying parents, the crying teachers at the end of exhausting days….
The Honeymoon Period
Change is hard, and transitions to new spaces often come with a range of unexpected emotions. Montessori teachers are prepared for the…