Bart Theriot → Montessori Academy at Belmont Greene

What to Expect From Montessori Elementary (by Landon Smith and Susan Bennett)

“It’s like he’s a completely different person,” I once heard a father say about his elementary-aged son a few months into the school year. In his eyes, the quiet, organized, soft-spoken child of the past three years had been replaced by a noisy, messy, prone to tattling, boundary testing stranger. I ensured him that while difficult for parents, […]

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What color was your day?

General / Bart Theriot

I ran into the parent of a former MAB student who has been in public school for a few years. Her daughter is doing well by all standards, but she went on to explain one particularly troubling and all too familiar experience for so many students in our traditional education system. In her daughter\’s class

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The Method

General / Bart Theriot

I spent the day with my son at his middle school a few weeks back. The school has a great program which encourages dads to participate. The experience, for me at least, was very eye opening. I was amazed and impressed by my son\’s ability to adapt, organize and manage himself under circumstances that even

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Interview

Montessori / Bart Theriot

Bobby George at The Baan Dek Academy interviewed me a couple of months back to get some of my thoughts on Montessori, MAB and the glass classroom idea. I thought I\’d post it to our school website even though it\’s not a typical blog post (and its a few months old). Click Here —-> Interview

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Tiny reminders of what children can do –by Bart Theriot

Montessori / Bart Theriot

One afternoon a few months ago, as I was heading home for the day, my 22 month-old son decided he would prefer to sit down in the middle of the hallway instead of going home. He was not upset. In fact, he was quite content. For whatever reason, sitting down was just what he wanted

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Graduating Montessori — They\’re ready. Are you? — By Bart Theriot

Parenting / Bart Theriot

About this time every year in Montessori schools all over the country, parents may begin to feel a little anxious. Your children are leaving the Montessori \”nest\” and moving into the big wide world. The question on everyone\’s mind is \”Will they be ready?\” I\’ve got great news. We\’ve been working toward this day from

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Glass Classroom — By Bart Theriot

Montessori / Bart Theriot

What would happen if you tried to run a Montessori classroom in the middle of a busy shopping mall? An equally valid question, \”Why would anyone do such a thing?\” Well, the Montessori Academy at Belmont Greene did it last weekend. In the process, we learned the answers to these questions and so much more.

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Would you know it if you saw it?

Parenting / Bart Theriot

For better or worse, the adult you are today is a function of your work and the time you were given (or took) to do it. All along the way, much of that work was likely misunderstood and even unnoticed by just about everyone -including you. Those who did notice probably wouldn’t have called it

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MAB Gallery

Uncategorized / Bart Theriot

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Deconstructing the Lemonade Stand — By Bart Theriot

General / Bart Theriot

I\’m not really sure where it comes from, but even going back to my own youth, it seems so many children are naturally interested in commerce. Drive through any neighborhood in Loudoun County on a hot Summer day and you\’re likely to see at least one lemonade stand. I\’ve seen prices varying from 25 cents

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