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DEAR CATHIE: A CONCERNED PARENT

DEAR CATHIE: A CONCERNED PARENT

by | Dear Cathie, Family Resources, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue, Upper Elementary (9-12)

DEAR CATHIE— I have visited a number of Montessori schools as we consider a placement for our 3 and 4 year old children next year. I see the children all busy on different projects, and it all looks great. But can it really work? How can one teacher, even with an...
Neediness during Covid

Neediness during Covid

by | Covid, Dear Cathie, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, TC May 2021

from Tomorrow’s Child Magazine – May, 2021 | by The Montessori Foundation Dear Cathie—  We are getting ready to have summer break from school. It has been a long year and I want this time to feel truly different. I know the time has dragged at times for our family, and I worry summer could […]

What? An Evaluation?

by | Early Adolescence (12-15), Family Resources, Free Reads, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Parenting on the Same Page

o one will ever know your child like you do, and you see aspects of your child that no teacher ever will, but the reverse is also true. Your child’s teacher sees aspects of your child that you may never get to see. Your child’s teacher sees him as he is learning to be part […]

Dear Cathie

Dear Cathie

by | Communication, Discipline, Emotionally Healthy Children, Empowerment, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Family Life, Peace Education, Planes of Development, Psychology, Sensitive Periods, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue, Upper Elementary (9-12)

Dear Cathie— My children are not always nice to each other, and they sometimes admit they have been unkind to others at school or on play dates as well. I want them to learn to be kind and respectful. I have been expecting them to say “I’m sorry” when they act in this manner, such […]

DEAR CATHIE: Growing Global Citizens

DEAR CATHIE: Growing Global Citizens

by | Empowerment, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Montessori Parenting, Planes of Development, Prepared Environment, Primary (3-6), Tomorrow's Child, Upper Elementary (9-12)

Dear Cathie— As fairly new parents, we are watching our children begin to develop into who they will be, and we realize that we should also be purposeful in molding them into the kind of people we want them to become. We are looking for ideas as to how to do that! Where do we […]

DEAR CATHIE: Cathie’s Montessori Journey

DEAR CATHIE: Cathie’s Montessori Journey

by | Adolescence, Empowerment, Maria Montessori, Mixed Ages, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue

Dear Cathie— I know you have been in the Montessori world for a long time. How did you find the Montessori Method and did your own children go to Montessori schools? If so, did it make a difference in their lives?   — A SET OF INTERESTED PARENTS Dear Parents, Thank you for your interest in […]

Dear Cathie

Dear Cathie

by | Empowerment, Lower Elementary (6-9), Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue, Upper Elementary (9-12)

Dear Cathie— We have been visiting Montessori schools and considering enrollment for our child. We notice that there is a lot of food work in the classroom. Often, children seem to wander around with food. We have also visited traditional preschools, and they usually have snack altogether. Why is there a difference?  — An enquiring […]

DEAR CATHIE: The Importance Of Montessori For The Kindergarten Year

by | MFA, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue

DEAR CATHIE—    It will soon be time to decide if we send our child to her local public school or stay at the Montessori school for Kindergarten. We have loved the Montessori school for the last two years, and he has done very well there. But we want him to fit in socially and academically […]

DEAR CATHIE: The Peace CurrIculum

by | Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, Tomorrow's Child, Tomorrow's Child Online Issue

Dear Cathie— Our children are both in Primary Montessori classrooms. One is a young three-year old-who just entered, and the other is four and one-half. They talk in passing about the Peace Corner and peace works that they do. Although the peace curriculum has been mentioned in our parent education talks, it still seems vague […]

Dear Cathie: What to Look for in a Preschool?

Dear Cathie: What to Look for in a Preschool?

by | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Kindergarten, MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Education, Montessori Parenting, Primary (3-6)

Dear Cathie. I am looking for a preschool for my child, who will be three next summer. I hear good things about Montessori schools and plan to investigate them as a possibility. My friend said to go and observe. What exactly should I be looking For? -A Mom Beginning the Preschool Search Dear Mom, Observing […]

Dear Cathie: Dealing With Challenging Behavior

Dear Cathie: Dealing With Challenging Behavior

by | Discipline, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Primary (3-6)

Dear Cathie, Our daughter has entered a new stage, where she whines and pouts when she does not get her way. She is quite dramatic, and some of these incidents last a fairly long time. What can I do to help her snap out of it more quickly? Why is this happening? Her younger sister […]