


Screen Time and Learning: Setting Kind but Firm Family Guidelines
Join us as we talk with Julia Volkman, long-time Montessori teacher, faculty member of the Brain Health Initiative, and guest lecturer for Harvard University’s Neuroscience of Learning/Mind, Brain, Health, and Education course. She will discuss how screen time...
What You Will See In A Great Montessori School
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Developing Attention Span via Polishing
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Developing Letter-Sound Knowledge: Montessori Sandpaper Letters
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Writing with the Mind: Handwriting in the Montessori Early Childhood Classroom
n Dr. Montessori’s writings, she speaks of an “explosion” into writing. The children spontaneously discovered that they knew how to write and started writing every word, everywhere. She insisted, however, that she never taught them how to write; she just prepared them to write, indirectly. In many Montessori classrooms, you’ll find all kinds of handwriting […]
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Parent-Teacher Conferences
remember the first parent-teacher conference I had. My daughter was not quite 3 years old and I had no idea what to expect. Her teacher, Maggie Radzik (an-amazing Montessorian who deeply inspired me), sat down with me and said, “She’s doing fine. I have no concerns. Do you have any questions?” That was unexpected. She […]
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Fade and Observe
was observing in a primary classroom the other day when I saw an utterly enthralled four-year-old boy doing the hand-washing work. His hands were in the beautiful blue and white basin, and he was smiling as he turned the water over and under each hand. Soon, he let out a sigh, which apparently meant he […]
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