“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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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: Observing Sensorial Development
We can sometimes underestimate the power of the Sensorial materials, thinking about them only as simple activities that let children…
Teacher Talk: Welcoming Guests
If your school is like many others, you may have had an intentional delay for classroom observation and visits until a few weeks into the…
Teacher Talk: Breaking Bread
Montessori teaching is a calling that demands self-care. We are intellectually engaged long beyond after the children have gone home,…
Teacher Talk: Rest
We carry a lot of roles as teachers, many based on the expectations we have of what we’ll be to others: the giving nature, the…
Teacher Talk: Articulating the Freedom for Movement
As Montessori teachers, we define our service to the children as encompassing roles farther than just those in the classroom. If we are…
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…