It Must Be October
Our class is enjoying many October themed activities, and there is notable progress in each child’s Montessori lessons. I love how each week’s collection of photos are able to indicate […]
International Day of Peace: Collaborative Art
Each year, we take the opportunity to celebrate the International Day of Peace not only by talking about and discussing what ‘peace’ means, but also to create a collaborative art piece […]
Tolstoy’s Montessori Intuition
War and Peace and Anna Karenina are famously penned by world renowned writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy. While everyone knows of his literary contributions to society, many remain unaware of his […]
Covering the Classroom
After reviewing the photos from the last two weeks in the classroom, the first aspect that jumps out to me is how each of the five ares of the classroom […]
Sensorial Education
“It is through our senses that we take in information and build our knowledge of the world and how it works. It is how we make sense of the world. […]
Montessori Education Week
In honor of Montessori Education week, our class is putting together a class book about what Montessori school means to each child. Their ideas are too superb not to share! […]
Language Development
“Through engaging in spoken language actives with the children, we are building our relationship together, and sharing a social connection that is a deeply human quality. As [Montessori’s son] Mario […]
Mindful of Grace
Polli Soholt (2015) elegantly describes the word grace and its significance in the classroom: “The dictionary definition of grace is…elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action. It is […]
Peace Day Art and Song
International Peace Day was celebrated globally last Monday. On this day each year, our classroom celebrates by creating a collaborative piece of art. Once completed, these pieces remind us that […]
Timeline of Birthdays
The hallway leading to our classroom has always been a place for a rotating display of children’s art. Inspired by both the artistic elements of the Reggio approach and the […]
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“Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole, which has roots in the distant past and climbs towards the infinite future.”
– Maria Montessori
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“The child should love everything that he learns, for his mental and emotional growths are linked. Whatever is presented to him must be made beautiful and clear, striking his imagination.”
– Maria Montessori