There are a lot of misunderstandings about why Montessori requires five days a week. We thought we’d take this opportunity to address a few of them. First, we think that it’s really important to remember that we employ five days a week, not for ourselves, but for our students. We really believe, and the research […]
As a school operating in the Midwest of the United States, one of our greatest challenges is imparting the sense of importance that we attribute to early childhood education. In our estimations, it truly is one of the most valuable times and opportunities that we have in our life to learn and explore the world […]
“Has knowledge become obsolete?” This is one of the many fascinating questions that the folks at Ericsson have prompted, one that is laid out in their new video on the “Networked Society”. There are a number of interesting points of inquiry that are examined, carefully led and narrated by a plethora of educators and thinkers. […]
For those that couldn’t make our first parent education workshop of the year, “Preparation for Literacy”, and for those joining us from around the world, we thought we’d put together a few of our notes from the event. If you have comments or questions, we would love it if you would leave a response below. […]
We’re starting a new project to help inspire children to continue to learn the art of writing (cursive) and we need your help. We want to send you a postcard and we’d love it if you would write us back. As many of you know, as a society, we’re increasingly starting to write, less and […]