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Adolescents Find Strength in Nature and Community
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack We are immensely grateful that this fall, our Secondary Level adolescents were able to go
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The Forest Bluff Montessori Lunch
Submitted by Margaret Kelley The Forest Bluff lunch is a quintessential Montessori experience that builds responsibility,
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Dr Montessori’s 150th birthday celebration – Montessori Everywhere
Happy 150th birthday Dr Montessori! Yesterday we celebrated Dr Montessori’s birthday a day early with over 6,500 Montessori parents, educators,
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Supporting Your Child’s Self-Mastery
Submitted by Margaret Kelley What is Self-Mastery? The importance of being in control of ourselves has changed over the
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Learning to Count: One-to-One Correspondence
The first step in introducing the concept of counting and numbers is one-to-one correspondence. One-to-one correspondence is the ability to recognize
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Montessori Classroom Principles Work at Home, Too!
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack As we continue to work and learn during school closures, it is helpful to remember a few simple
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Putting on My “Montessori Teacher” Hat
Submitted by Margaret Kelley Parents across the country were given a new job this month, with no warning and no training. Because
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Routines at Home: Creating Hope in Challenging Times
Submitted by Margaret Kelley My grandmother, Paula Polk Lillard, has often spoken of the unique challenges of raising our
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Freedom within Limits
Often in Montessori, we hear the phrase "follow the child”. This means we follow each child’s development, interests, needs, and abilities.
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The “Montessori Today” Discussion Guide for Parents and Educators
More than a century after Dr. Maria Montessori developed a pedagogy based on her scientific observations of children, Montessori
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Choosing a Montessori School
I get asked about this a lot, and understandably so. Choosing the “right” Montessori school for your toddler or preschooler can be a real
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Montessori from Scratch
I often get the question, “I want to incorporate Montessori at home but how do I start?” There is so much out there about Montessori these days
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A Shared Vision of Peace: How Montessori Embodies the Values of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Shared Vision of Peace The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. — Dr. Martin Luther King,
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Montessori at Home on a Budget
This is one of the most common questions I am asked. It’s hard for me to reply with a short answer because there are actually so many ways to
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Why and How we Believe in Santa
Believing in Santa Claus. This is our first Christmas in which D is old enough to start talking about and understanding the Santa Claus story. It has