How to Improve Behavior
March 18, 2023
Our brains are hardwired to look for problems and generate solutions. In The Neuroscience of Change, Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University, explains how this brain
Our Montessori Bookshelf: All About Geography!
October 15, 2022
In Montessori we love to explore how our language shapes our thinking, so we often explore the etymology of words. The word geography comes from the Greek geo, which means earth, and
Ready for the Universe: Geography for the Elementary Age
October 8, 2022
When children enter a Montessori elementary classroom around age six, they have undergone a great transformation. Whereas they previously wanted and needed to explore their immediate environment on a sensorial level, now
Grasping the World: Geography for Young Children
October 1, 2022
Between mass media and family travel, young children are exposed to all sorts of language about their planet. They may hear phrases like “going around the world,” “as the world turns,” or
Elementary Children are Focused on Friends
September 25, 2022
It can seem like our elementary children are only focused on friends (and frenemies!) during their elementary years. We hear about what happened at recess or who they sat with at lunch.
Achieving Economic Independence
September 19, 2022
Adolescents exist between two worlds: they are no longer children but they aren’t yet adults. On this bridge to adulthood, adolescents need opportunities to develop real, meaningful, adult-level skills. They aspire to
Montessori Mobiles: Materials in the Spotlight
September 12, 2022
In their first weeks of life, babies begin to focus their eyes and track objects. These small acts of visual control provide an important foundation for newborns who are building their neural
A Montessori Education For Citizenship
September 9, 2022
There is more to preparing for citizenship than learning civics. We live in times where elections and exercising our citizenship is vital to the preservation of democracy. Schools have an obligation to
From Independent to Interdependent
September 5, 2022
In Montessori, we talk a lot about independence. However, one of the lesser known or understood aspects of Montessori is that independence is just a step towards being interdependent. As humans, we
Follow the Child or Follow the Teacher?
August 18, 2022
As the Greek philosopher Sophocles observed in the fifth century B.C. “One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.”
The Montessori Three Year Cycle
April 14, 2021
This three year cycle is the time of year many of our parents begin thinking about the future of education for their child and explore the idea of leaving Montessori for the
