I've been in Montessori (as a teacher, parent, or both) for over ten years. It's become so much a part of my DNA that I automatically approach almost every situation…
If you've read the other posts in this series, Part 1 and Part 2, and I hope you have, you might have felt a little uncomfortable from time to time,…
Please join me for part two of an in-depth look at the seminal book that started it all: The Montessori Method. The first post in this series looked at the…
Maria Montessori's groundbreaking book,The Montessori Method, was first published in 1912, and has since been translated into 20 different languages. Maybe you have read this book already, or you've always…
Google is, by far, America's most powerful and popular search engine. Driving some 60+% of the Internet's traffic and enjoying market values as high as $600/share, Google is at the…
As I mentioned in the first post of this series, the recent conference I attended in Indiana, "Unsettled Children in an Unsettled World" aimed to give knowledge and ideas about…
Most people would acknowledge that children today are being raised in a fast-paced culture with more choices and more distractions than ever before. The question that interests parents and teachers…
August 31st was Maria Montessori's birthday. As I paused on that day to think about her remarkable life, I realized that I sometimes lose sight of the person behind the…
My children and I began our school year a few days ago, and as we plunged headlong into presentations, ground rules, and expectations, I started thinking about the difference between…
After my recent post on using trial and error to make changes to your Montessori classroom, one reader asked me to elaborate on how to observe children while they work.…