When you first learned about Montessori, you may have been enchanted by the peaceful classrooms, by the idyllic language about the nature of children and the hope for the future they offer. You may have imagined yourself a beloved teacher and guide, children gathered...
Are your shelves cleaned? Have you reorganized your cupboards? Are they a safe distance apart? Decided whether the loft should be a…
Montessori teaching is a calling that demands self-care. We are intellectually engaged long beyond after the children have gone home,…
For many of us, February days are some of the loveliest. The classroom is buzzing with a happy hum, parents understand the expectations…
The child is capable of developing and giving us tangible proof of the possibility of a better humanity. He has shown us the true process…
We know that part of our work as Montessori teachers is to observe children. We observe to understand their development, that we may…
Just when your class has finally hit its pace, when the hectic scheduling of the holidays is behind you and the children have returned to…
Montessori classrooms enchant curious observers. How can so many young children engage so independently at once? How come everyone seems…
Oh, you dear, patient, lovely people, you teachers of adolescents, you bold adventurers blazing a new path for an ever widening…
You may be getting ready to return to your classroom with a whole list of teacher resolutions in your mind. Maybe you’re planning to take…