The easiest question in the world for any teacher or daycare provider to answer is “What do you do with the students?” In fact, ask this during any school tour and in response, most programs will slide you a glossy card stock sheet of paper containing a bullet point list and cute pictures of happy […]
25 years ago, the six-acre, forested floodplain behind my school held some 40-50 Eastern White Pines. Each tree measured three to four feet in diameter, rising arrow- straight, nearly 75 feet in the air, towering high above the canopy set by Aspen, Hickory and other hardwoods. Within a few years, another section of forest 500
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A child’s ability to “stay on task” is an important indicator of both current and future self-directed learning and a host of other foundational skills and work habits. Understanding student observations in this area is far more complex than simply noting whether the child is actively at work or not. The fact is, if we
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Parents wonder about the differences between Montessori and traditional daycare or preschool. In fact, I recently saw a Facebook Ad from a national daycare chain attempting to favorably compare the differences between our method and theirs. The comments revealed that parents understand Montessori a lot better than they did 20 years ago. Ultimately, I think
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A good friend of mine and I were recently talking about his new treadmill desk. He can raise and lower it with the push of a button. He can choose to sit, stand or walk, probably even lie down. So far he is averaging about 5 miles per day, moving at a very slow but
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A wonderful mentor told me on more than one occasion that no matter how many times you return to Dr. Montessori’s words, you will find inspiration along with something you may never have considered before. I don’t do it nearly enough, but my mentor’s advice was confirmed once again after reading just a few pages
Most of us are familiar with the idea of a standard upward sloping learning curve. As time progresses, growth increases toward a relative plateau. As parents, in height, weight, math, reading, or anything else that can be tracked, we assume that at any given point in time, we’ll find our child further along that curve
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There is so much to love about Montessori. Here are a few of them in no particular order. If you’re interested in learning more about anything you read below, please send us an email at BTheriot@mabmontessori.com and we’ll be happy to dig in deeper. We could talk about this stuff all day! 1. Teachers are
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Growing up in the commercial generation, so many of those old television interruptions have been forever etched into my brain. One that seems to continually resurface is the old Dennorex Dandruff Shampoo commercial. There’s a guy standing in a shiny tiled shower and his hair has been perfectly parted down the middle with soapy shampoo
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