Montessori
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Why leave the Prepared Environment – Going Outs (Field Trips) in the Montessori World
Dr. Montessori found the child entering the elementary program to be awakening to the wider world. …
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To Build a Framework Large Enough to House the Universe!
When educating the six to twelve year-old, the elegance of the Montessori approach is the gift…
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Get to the core of the matter – questions of history
Montessori upper elementary children spend a great deal of time looking at civilizations and the history…
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It’s Project Week – Imaginary Island
Unlike most other project weeks, the children do not get to choose their own projects. This…
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Yes, I have teenagers
The first reason you will notice that I have teenagers is because the 14 year-old is…
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Home Away from School Today
OK folks. Today is a Home Away from School Day. Let’s get on it. Uppers and…
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Square Rooting Moving to Abstraction
DW has been working with the peg board to solve square root problems. She is still…
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Lectures and more lectures
Every once and a while I am overwhelmed by the advanced nature of the thoughts that…
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The Moment! Fractions
BW and AR have been working on the checkerboard multiplication. This work has required that they…
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Technology and the Montessori Child
One of the most difficult conversations I have had as a Montessori guide has been the…