One thing about the Montessori approach is how we show respect to the child. The most powerful way for us to teach our child how to respect others is for us to model it and for them to absorb it every day. 10 ways we can show respect to our child Soft hands – the […]
Corners of our Montessori classroom on the first day back to school
I hope you all had a wonderful summer break. I had a lovely mix of travel, staycation, a secret project, and a handful of visitors. I got to visit the beautiful Iceland with my parents and kids…. And the location for working on the secret project here in the Netherlands was so cosy I nearly […]
The Decalogue of Montessori
Ok. So maybe the language is a bit bossy. But there is so much wisdom to be found in the “Decalogue of Montessori” that I’m hanging it up in my classroom in Amsterdam. The oldest version of the Decalogue of Montessori was found in a 1992 AMI Journal. Not necessarily written by Dr Montessori herself, […]
Teach by teaching, not by correcting
Ever been curious about what Montessori teachers talk about when they get together? I can assure you we have some pretty fun conversations and we lose track of time. When Jesse McCarthy of Montessori Education and I got to meet up when I was in the US recently, 2.5+ hours flew by. We thought that […]