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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

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

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

In Montessori, we often speak of gratitude with the children.  It’s an important concept to understand.  The holiday season brings out the gratitude in all of us so it seemed like a good time to discuss the subject on our blog.  I have generally thought of gratitude in terms of the feeling one gets upon

By Kristin Tubic (MAB Faculty / Guest Blogger) When the child goes out, it is the world itself that offers itself to him. Let us take the child out to show him real things instead of making objects which represent ideas and closing them up in cupboards – Maria Montessori On Valentine’s Day this year

By Bart Theriot, Head of School, MAB I own an iPad, iPod, iPhone and a desktop computer.  I also have two televisions, thousands of channels of cable and a Sony Playstation 3.  I even have a record player.  I am no stranger to electronics and technology and clearly I am in favor of their use

I love the start of a new school year.  Less than one full week in the books and already the classrooms are humming with that electric energy found only in the Montessori environment.  New relationships are forming and old relationships are strengthening.  For some of our students, even those we haven’t seen all Summer, it

Hello and welcome to our brand new website! New visitors If you are new to MAB or Montessori, you\’ll find an excellent introduction to both right here on this site.  We also have a fairly expansive list of references and links to other sites concerning all things Montessori conveniently located in \”The Cubby\” .  We