The family home, like the Montessori classroom, is a social environment. Children learn to function …
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Choosing Books to Read to Your Young Child
When my children were young, a neighborhood mom told me, “The best advice I ever got …
Read More »It’s OK to Stay Home & Just Play
In this era of goal-oriented and scheduled activities, have we lost sight of our children’s …
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It’s still July, but it’s not too early to think about the beginning of the …
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It’s a new year and many of us make resolutions. As parents, in spite of …
Read More »Good Manners at Home
Maria Montessori noticed that children between the ages of two and six years are particularly …
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Scarcely a day goes by without a reminder about how parents need to talk to …
Read More »For Parents Who Worry (Isn’t That All of Us?)
By now your children are settled in their classrooms and are being cared for and …
Read More »The Long Black Strip: A Lesson in Humility
It just might have happened like this: One hot, dry afternoon in Madras, India in …
Read More »The Hand Chart: A Montessori History Lesson
The Hand Chart, a key lesson in the Montessori Elementary history curriculum, gives children a …
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