“Montessori” can mean a lot of things: the Montessori Method, Dr. Montessori, a philosophy of parenting, of teaching, of life, the…
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Theory
Wonder and the Child
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” -…
Independence Day
Here in the US, the Fourth of July marks the signing, on July 4, 1776, of the Declaration of Independence, when the Second Continental…
Child of the World
Today, however, those things which occupy us in the field of education are the interests of humanity at large and of civilization, and…
The Oppression of the Child
“No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child” ― Maria Montessori Of Montessori’s many revolutionary ideas, one of…
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…