There's a quiet shift happening in education right now. A recent article in Education Week describes a growing movement to bring play back into kindergarten classrooms. After years of pushing academics earlier and earlier — more worksheets, more testing, more...

The Prepared Environment at Home In Montessori circles, you'll often hear about the “prepared environment at home". It sounds simple enough, perhaps a bit vague at first. However, when you pay close attention to how children experience their surroundings, like with...

A Reflection on the Crisis in Early Childhood Education Recently, the Hechinger Report published an article on child care centers that employ retirees to fill child care staff positions where there are few applicants.” There is something deeply human and hopeful in...