Category: Montessori-Inspired

I borrowed this picture from Emil’s school Facebook page — not sure who took it, but isn’t it beautiful?! While Emil does many other lessons in the classroom (like sandpaper letters, which help him to develop his fine motor skills for writing, and bank game, which gives him number sense, along with the map of … Continue reading “Montessori-Inspired”

I’ve mentioned before how much I love bulk trash pick-up in our neighborhood — it’s a time when people pile up large items they no longer want in their front yards near the street and people drive around and load them up before the city trucks come to take them away for good. We have … Continue reading “An Outdoor Play Space”

A common misconception about Montessori education for the elementary-aged child is that there is a “free for all” atmosphere in which children have no structure or guidance and just do what they want all day. I recently came across this misconception when I was discussing such alternative education with a fellow parent. She noted that … Continue reading “Montessori: Assessment in the Lower Elementary Classroom”

Awhile back, I posted a bit about the Montessori philosophy on homework. I decided to delve a whole lot deeper into the issue, as it relates to schools across the country, and what I found was fascinating. Read the full article here, and let me know what you think! I’ll be taking tomorrow off from … Continue reading “On Homework (Again)”

The photos tell the stories best — the few days of spring-like weather, that every possible moment was spent outside creating things with our hands and muddying our knees and bare feet, that the boys have spent innumerable hours on the trampoline, that the sound of their laughter carried across the neighborhood until we had … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”