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Preparing a “Grand” Environment

Preparing a “Grand” Environment

by | MFA, TC February 2024

In a Montessori school, step one is preparing the environment. Teachers spend days, sometimes weeks, preparing their classrooms for the new school year. They consider every student, what they love, what they need, and find a place for that in the room. Everything is...
Grandparenting in the Elementary Years

Grandparenting in the Elementary Years

by | Imagination, Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Planes of Development, Sensitive Periods, Upper Elementary (9-12), Webinars / MFA

Recently Margot Garfield-Anderson focused on how grandparents of elementary children can plant seeds of learning through projects and excursions. In this session Duna Strachan will focus on the the physical, social, and emotional development of children in this second plane. She will relate how these changes and sensitivities effect the activities and adventures that they […]

At a Toddler’s Pace

by | Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Montessori students, Montessori Teachers

t Soaring Wings Montessori School, in Park City, Utah, the Sun-flower Class is in session. A two-year-old finds a quiet corner to look at a book and gaze out the window. An eighteen-month-old is feeding the pet rabbit. Two three-year-olds are putting on jackets in preparation for going outside to sweep the patio. Another three-year-old […]