by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews
The Honeybee Written by Kristen Hall and Isabelle Arsenault This is a beautifully illustrated and written book about the life cycle of the honeybee. It is quite colorful, and the illustrations are soft and fairly realistic. The author and illustrator take you from...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Tomorrow's Child
Elementary and middle school children, along with their parents and teachers, will love this book. It is a hilarious review of wild animals from around the world! Each animal is rated in a humorous way that tells the reader a little something about the creature....
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, TC February 2023
It is rare that I have ever found a Montessori book that was effectively written for both Montessori professionals and parents. Paula Preschlack has done it brilliantly! She starts with a section that appeals to both groups and is meant to inform them without...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA
Hatching the Cosmic Egg Written by Michael Dorer, Illustrated by Beth Wilson, and Music by Andrew Kutt Michael Dorer, a well-known Montessori educator, author, and conference presenter, has now written his first children’s book and it’s ‘wonder-full.’ Hatching the...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, Free Reads, MFA
Redirecting Children’s Behavior: Effective Discipline for Creating Connection and Cooperation Written by Kathryn J. Kvols In early 1990, when our children were three and six years old, I met Kathryn Kvols. I was an experienced and skilled primary teacher in a...
by Lorna McGrath | MFA, TC November 2022
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by Lorna McGrath | Book Review TC November 2022, MFA, TC November 2022
Just Like Brothers Written by Elizabeth Baguley Illustrated by Aurélie Blanz This is a charming book with gorgeous illustrations and interesting descriptive and rhyming verses. The story is about how sometimes groups teach their children to guard themselves against...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, TC September 2022
Reviewed by Lorna McGrath Here and There Written by Tamara Ellis Smith Illustrated by Evelyn Daviddi Ivan’s parents split up and are living in separate houses. Ivan didn’t like that he had to go here and there. He didn’t think he could be happy and himself with his...
by Lorna McGrath | Family Resources, Grace and Courtesy, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Graduates, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Secondary / High School, Video, Webinars / MFA
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by Lorna McGrath | Family Resources, Grace and Courtesy, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Grandparenting, Montessori Parenting, Parenting on the Same Page, Video, Webinars / MFA
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by Lorna McGrath | Book Review TC May 2022, Book Reviews, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Primary (3-6), TC May 2022, Toddler (18 months-3 years), Tomorrow's Child
Flower Garden Written by Eve Bunting Illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt Another book by Eve Bunting! This talented woman has written many books for children from two years old to teenagers, in all different settings, and in varied real-life situations. She doesn’t try to...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Review TC May 2022, Book Reviews, MFA, Primary (3-6), TC May 2022, Toddler (18 months-3 years), Tomorrow's Child
Hold This! As a dad and his young daughter, Mika, take a walk through the woods, Mika finds so many treasures that she wants to keep and take home. She finds a stick and a frog and some water and leaves and a sparkling stone and more. Mika wants her dad to put these...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Review TC May 2022, Book Reviews, MFA, Mixed Ages, Practical Life, Primary (3-6), TC May 2022, Tomorrow's Child
The Vegetarian Cookbook: More than 50 Recipes for Young Cooks Written by DK publishers My son and his family are vegetarians. I wondered if there were any vegetarian cookbooks for children. So I went searching and, lo and behold, there were quite a few! I found one...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Review TC May 2022, Book Reviews, MFA, Montessori Middle School, Reading, TC May 2022, Tomorrow's Child
Fly Away Home Written by Eve Bunting Illustrated by Ronald Himler This is a book for elementary and even middle-school children. Andrew and his dad are homeless. They live in the airport. They must never be noticed, or airport security will throw them out onto the...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, Family Resources, Language & Reading, MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Parenting, Reading, TC May 2022, Tomorrow's Child
Favorite SummerReads for 2022 by Lorna McGrath One of the many things that teachers do in the first few days of school is to ask children to talk about, write about, or in some way describe their summer activities. You remember that, right? For some of us that was...
by Lorna McGrath | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Grandparenting, Montessori Parenting, Nature, Parenting on the Same Page, Peace Education, Science, Video, Webinars / MFA
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by Lorna McGrath | Adolescence, Communication, Early Adolescence (12-15), Emotionally Healthy Children, Empowerment, Kindergarten, Later Adolescence (15-18), Lower Elementary (6-9), MFA, Mixed Ages, Montessori Graduates, Montessori Secondary / High School, Peace Education, Toddler (18 months-3 years), Upper Elementary (9-12), Video, Webinars / MFA
by Lorna McGrath | Communication, Covid, Emotionally Healthy Children, Empowerment, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Video, Webinars / MFA
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