In the Montessori classroom, teachers maintain a long term relationship with a child on the foundation of communication and consistent feedback. This process and relationship building makes leaders out of teachers and builds an environment →

How do you use this material? An assortment of containers with lids on is in a basket or on a tray on the shelf. The child takes the collection to a table or rug. The →

Wen Duan is thoughtful, reflective, and always asking big questions. She wants to know the Why of things, not just what to do, but how to do it, what worked, what didn't, how to improve →

On our last podcast, we talked a little about how important observation is as a tool for adults in determining what a child is ready for, how we can help a child, when we should →

When children move schools, from one state to another, from a Montessori school to a traditional program, any variety of reasons, it’s not uncommon for children to undergo some form of testing, to determine where →

Observation is critical to our role as Montessori Guides. During training, we have lectures and extensive hours about observation. We learn how to observe. It is important for adults to continue honing this skill, to →

In light of revising how we conduct our team meetings, focusing on specific topics instead of just having an open forum to chat, we thought you might enjoy a glimpse into one of our first sessions. →

We thought we'd try to put together a different type of post, a post geared mainly towards teachers and schools, but perhaps also, inadvertently, towards parents. Here's what we had in mind. We thought we'd →

Lisa Trout is the new Head of School at Chesterfield Montessori School. We love her passion for this work and her enthusiasm for her new role. She is a wealth of knowledge and experience, and →

We work very hard not to judge the children. It is so easy to assume we know the whole story, to know why someone did something, that driver pulled in front of me without signaling →

We recently held conferences, which are always some of our favorite days. We love sharing how children are doing, all the success and progress we've seen in our time together, what we're looking forward to →

Parents naturally want to help their children. They want to play a role in their education. There is pressure to supplement learning that happens in school. Are they learning what they should? Are they doing →

The Montessori World is small, and vast, and touches all corners of our planet. Kiran Paek, Academic Director at the International Montessori Teaching Institute in Beijing, reached out to share her story, and we loved →

Nearly a decade ago now, when we started to think seriously about building a Montessori school, we decided to reach out to a handful of internationally renown architects. Why not? We chose individuals or organizations →

Megan Wieseler first joined Baan Dek as an intern, and came into Montessori in the most Montessori way possible -- she observed for weeks. She took in the classroom. It has become part of her →