One of the hardest things to understand about Montessori, especially for those who have not had an opportunity to see a classroom in action, is just how much children are capable of, particularly in respect to their ability to focus, which becomes a catalyst for exploration, discovery, and ultimately, their entire sense of life-possibility. A […]
We hold regular team workshops. Some are lively and spirited, in which we enter into animated discussions about Montessori or address certain, practical, technical educational practices. Others are more reflective but just as intimate, where we ponder texts and discuss abstract ideas, whether directly relevant to our mission or even tangential to our field. We are always […]
We rarely discuss the significance of Mario Montessori. Whenever a conversation begins on the nature of Montessori, it always starts with Maria Montessori. Of course, this is where the story should start, in the San Lorenzo district of Rome, where she first glimpsed what would become her novel insights into the nature of early childhood […]
Adam Phillips is a masterful thinker of childhood. As a matter of fact, he may be one of the single greatest advocates, or rather, champions of childhood, working today. A trained psychotherapist and self-described evocative essayist, Phillips spent a decade at the Charing Cross Hospital in London, where he served in the capacity of chief […]
In one of our favorite texts, published in 1947, Maria Montessori contemplates the future of education. There are at least three main points that she addresses: the new type of consciousness that will be required to take us in a new direction; the tasks by which such a method of education could be incorporated; and, […]