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May 28, 2020 01:42pm

By Pilar Bewley

Under positive discipline, elementary & writing

3 min read

How to Encourage Skills Practice

The school year is coming to a close. Some of us have children who are not quite on par with society's academic standards, and this can be a cause for concern. On the one hand, we want them to relax during the summer. On the other hand, we know the value of consistent practice to master skills that don't come naturally.

I live this struggle with my son, so I decided to set an expectation of summer writing practice to ensure he continues making progress. I had a conversation with him, and it…

May 28, 2020 01:42pm

By Pilar Bewley

Under positive discipline, elementary & writing

3 min read

Mar 18, 2020 06:11am

By Pilar Bewley

Under 6 - 12, Cosmic Education, Montessori Theory, Theory and Practice, childhood development, elementary, elementary education, free-range parenting, home environment, homeschool, homeschooling, montessori, montessori blogs, montessori education, montessori method, prepared environment & teaching

2 min read

Craving Freedom and Needing Structure

Amidst all the color-coded hour-by-hour homeschool schedules flooding social media, I want to offer a different take on how to help your child organize their day if you have a child who paradoxically craves freedom and needs structure. I created for my eight-year-old twice-exceptional second-grader a pie graph showing the amount of time (out of a 24-hour day) he can spend exploring/reading/playing/learning what he's passionate about, vs. the amount of time I would like him to focus on practicing…

Mar 18, 2020 06:11am

By Pilar Bewley

Under 6 - 12, Cosmic Education, Montessori Theory, Theory and Practice, childhood development, elementary, elementary education, free-range parenting, home environment, homeschool, homeschooling, montessori, montessori blogs, montessori education, montessori method, prepared environment & teaching

2 min read

Mar 8, 2020 04:14pm

By Pilar Bewley

Under 6 - 12, Cosmic Education, astronomy, education, elementary, elementary education, history, montessori, montessori approach, montessori blogs, montessori education, montessori elementary, montessori method, Science & storytelling

3 min read

Worm Moon

Tomorrow we'll have the first Supermoon of the year - the Worm Moon! Do you know where the name comes from? Here's a short story I wrote (meant to be told orally). I hope you can share it with your children, or at least enjoy its message.

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Look up! What do you notice? Did you observe that the full moon is larger than usual? We call it a Supermoon, and your eyes aren’t deceiving you… The moon IS larger than usual because it's closer than usual, and that's because the moon’s orbit aro…

Mar 8, 2020 04:14pm

By Pilar Bewley

Under 6 - 12, Cosmic Education, astronomy, education, elementary, elementary education, history, montessori, montessori approach, montessori blogs, montessori education, montessori elementary, montessori method, Science & storytelling

3 min read

Feb 20, 2020 05:33pm

By Pilar Bewley

Under 6 - 12, Cosmic Education, chemistry, elementary, history, montessori, montessori approach, montessori blogs, montessori education, montessori elementary, Montessori Materials, montessori method, Science & storytelling

6 min read

Story of Chemistry: Part I

I wrote this story a while back for the Upper Elementary group I inherited that hadn't been exposed to chemistry. I never got around to writing Part II but if you take on that challenge, let me know!

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Pretty much all that we see or touch in our seemingly solid existence is made from an unimaginable number of tiny atoms, each a different type of element or building block. When you combine these atoms in different ways, they make up everything that we can see in the Universe.

Do y…

Feb 20, 2020 05:33pm

By Pilar Bewley

Under 6 - 12, Cosmic Education, chemistry, elementary, history, montessori, montessori approach, montessori blogs, montessori education, montessori elementary, Montessori Materials, montessori method, Science & storytelling

6 min read

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