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Who Taught Wyatt to Write?
Peter and Margaret had heard that children in Montessori schools were precocious learners. Their neighbor's five-year old daughter, Jenny began to read and write while she attended the local Montessori school. They didn’t know much about the method, but when the time came to enroll their three-year old son Wyatt in a pre-school, they decided to give Montessori a chance.
The Gift of the Human Tendencies
If you’ve been learning about Montessori, you’ve probably read about sensitive periods, prepared environments, and observation. But have you heard about the Human Tendencies?
Human tendencies are drives that urge the child to interact with the world around him, thereby allowing him to adapt to…
Can Montessori and Other Curriculums Co-Exist? (A Case Study)
This week, one of our focus areas was sentence development and expansion. We started by discussing the main reason for practicing writing: It allows us to organize our thoughts clearly so that we can share them effectively. (It’s valuable to have these discussions with children, because buy-in and self-discipline can only arise if they know how the activity is benefiting them in the short- and long-term.)