These days, life looks different, doesn’t it? Many of us are working and learning from home, and even those of us who are essential workers are coming to a very different workspace each day. It’s amazing the places we’re finding help. Maybe it’s: a friend we didn’t realize knows how to sew making us masks, […]
For a podcast of this post, listen here or subscribe on iTunes. It’s easy to think Montessori is a place, or a philosophy, or a set of materials. Montessori is a way of interacting with children, with the world around us. Particularly when we’re out of school, it’s important to remember all the things that […]
For a podcast of this post, listen here or subscribe on iTunes. In the midst of a crisis, or a setback, or a global pandemic, as we’re experiencing right now, it often helps to “look for the helpers,” as Mr. Rogers encourages us to do. We seek the silver lining, the consolation that comes with […]
For a podcast of this post, listen here or subscribe on iTunes. Here are links to resources listed in this episode, an interview with parent and educator Mrs. Bauer. Podcasts: brains on! Wow in the World Videos: Amazon Prime Wild Kratts animated storybooks like If You Give A Mouse A Cookie or Cat In The Hat Netflix […]
Every spring, families in Primary Montessori programs are making a really big decision: what to do about Kindergarten? Whether this decision is tumultuous with easily identified pros and cons, or whether this decision has been made since the earliest days — to remain in Montessori as long as possible, to start at the neighborhood elementary […]