A father I was chatting with recently pointed out the irony of my web-based-recommendation that we unplug and go outside more. I get it….
Look around. Look around.
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For Teachers
Montessori Monday: The Continent Maps
There are some parts of the Montessori classroom that seem to get all the attention: the beautiful Practical Life materials, the engaged…
Teacher Talk: Grace and Courtesy and the Adult
“The vision of the teacher should be at once precise like that of the scientist, and spiritual like that of the saint. The preparation…
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…
Montessori Monday: Sandpaper Letters
Just as the Montessori classroom allows ample practice for the physical skills children will need to master holding a pencil, we also…
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…
Math and the Adolescent
Montessori adolescent environments are strikingly distinct from traditional Middle Schools. While traditional classrooms may be doubling…
Math and the Elementary Mind
If you think of the window of development between birth and age six as marked by the construction of labels for files in a cognitive file…
Math and Early Childhood
The Math materials are an essential part of the Early Childhood classroom, designed to respond to what we understand about development at…