Our very own Charlotte Wood wrote an excellent article for Maria Montessori dot com. The article is entitled, “Don’t Should on your Parents“. You should check it out! Way to go Miss Wood! We’re so proud. “I love the start of the new school year. Everything is fresh and clean. It’s a fantastic opportunity to […]
Barnes and Noble has graciously invited us to sign a few copies of our latest book, Montessori: Shape Work, this Saturday, at 1:00 p.m. The event will take place in their children’s department. We’re really hoping you can join us. We’ve so enjoyed working with Abrams Appleseed on this series of books. Each one is […]
We wrote a post for QZ entitled, “Why We Shouldn’t Write Off Cursive.” Here’s a brief excerpt: In 1863, when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, Abraham Lincoln said, “I believe in this measure my fondest hopes will be realized.” But, as historian Doris Kearns Goodwin explains, in her excellent TED talk, “as he [Abraham Lincoln] […]
Our friend, Jim Fitzpatrick, who has been involved with Montessori for more than forty years, gave a wonderful TEDx presentation on the power of the binomial cube. He jested, in all seriousness, that it’s the “key to the universe”. We’ll let you decide. If you have a few minutes, we strongly recommend that you view […]
Over the summer, we sat down to put together our thoughts on what education means to us: the values, principles and dreams that we hope to embody and impart. We started to call them the “building blocks of life.” Essentially, we wanted to share some of the many lessons that we have learned along the […]