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Happy Montessori

Thoughts & Reflections

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 […]

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Preparing for Literacy

Thoughts & Reflections

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. […]

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Only Two Years Old

Thoughts & Reflections

Once a child enters the Montessori environment, we completely forget how old they are, and focus entirely on their capabilities. We come to learn what they struggle with and what we know in our hearts, they can overcome. We also know where their limitations start to manifest, and try enthusiastically, to help support, guide and […]

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The Montessori Environment

Thoughts & Reflections

We’ve been thinking about how difficult it can be for people to understand what happens in a Montessori environment, especially if they have no previous experience. We know, because we went through the same set of questions. As a result, we thought it might be helpful to lay out some of the architectural elements of […]

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On Repetition in Montessori

Thoughts & Reflections

We thought we would put together a few thoughts on the power of repetition in Montessori. We recently had the good fortune of having a conversation with one of our parents about the nature of repetition in the Montessori classroom. The discussion with this father was prompted by us, recounting a fairly typical question from […]

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