Learning Reality
It can be hard to remember, children are learning everything. Children are learning EVERYTHING. In addition to learning to walk, and to feed themselves, and how to be a friend, they’re learning reality. At some →
That Summer Slide
There’s a concept we notice in education, often children “lose” information over the Summer, when they might not be working academically or focusing on acquiring new skills or data. This is the nature of our →
Spotlight Ananda Montessori
Pamela Green shares her story as an educator, parent, and advocate. Ananda Montessori (read on for the meaning behind "Ananda"!!) supports parents from the earliest days, through pregnancy, birth, and welcoming this small human into →
Summer Moments
We’re about halfway into Summer, and starting to forget what it feels like to be cold. What is it about Summer? We look forward to it so intensely, even when nothing really changes. For many →
Why Do We Help?
It’s almost our job. Help. It’s a natural part of living in a family, of life in community, or classroom life -- we depend on and assist one another. Adult-to-child, helping is one of the →
Home Is Not A Classroom
There are so many ways to support children, and education, and Montessori. Some are called to be educators, parents, advocates, and it takes all of us to be the Village. A child needs a village. →
Spotlight The Prepared Nest
Julie Mitaro is a trained Montessori Educator and Parent, helping families bring Montessori home through her work at The Prepared Nest. A home is not like a classroom, and there are ways to incorporate a →
Treasure Boxes
Walk into a Montessori Classroom, and it’s immediately clear -- something is different. Perhaps it takes a minute to put your finger on it, or perhaps you can identify the difference right away, but the →
Seeking Information
Children seek out information like it’s their job. And in so many ways, it is. Little Scientists, they experiment all day long, is this how you balance? Where’s my mouth? If I treat my friend →
Accidental Montessorian
The internet is an interesting place. It’s easy to fall down the rabbit hole of Pinterest, or find a thousand quotes which seem to be written just for you in just this moment of life, →
Spotlight Our Montesstory
This time, we're Spotlighting a new Montessori parent, who blogs over at Our Montesstory, Lindsay Grosh. Her interview is eloquent, and her passion is clear throughout. We think you'll love her story as much as →
Consistency
We’ve written a lot about Discipline. Freedom and Discipline, Self-Discipline, it’s a concept we sometimes struggle with, until we see the many ways children live into it, and the ways it benefits them, and actually →
Getting Ready for Math
Math is kind of one of those milestones. Like reading, or walking, or anything else transformative, it’s the opening of a whole new world. It’s another language. It’s a starting point and a culmination of →
Growing Into Discipline
It’s just one of those Montessori words. It’s a word we hear in other contexts, sometimes in relation to children, and so often, there’s just a bit of a negative undercurrent. I need to be →
Spotlight Alicia Tucker
Alicia Tucker is a Montessori parent who discovered Montessori as so many of us have -- by accident. A former public school teacher in a traditional school, she found in Montessori answers to questions she →
