Book Review – The Vegetarian Cookbook: More Than 50 Recipes for Young Cooks
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...
Book Review – Fly Away Home
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...
Favorite summer Reads for 2022
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...
Family Fun is More Than Fluff
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A Montessori School Is…
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Moving Math
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10 Ways to Prepare for Summer
10 Ways to Prepare for Summer by Cheryl Allen & Lorna McGrath 1. Maintain a routine–getting up at a similar time each day, eating at regular times, keeping enough routine to keep your child comfortable. This is important for all ages. It gives them a sense of...
A Montessori Approach to Clean-Up Time
A Montessori Approach to Clean-Up Time by Carine Robin We know that Montessori is all about order. We know that children have a sense of order. The Montessori classroom is an orderly environment where every activity has its place. Montessori teachers encourage...
Beyond Bribes, Rewards, and Punishments
A Montessori Approach to Clean... Beyond Rewards, Bribes, & Punishment A Montessori Approach to Building Intrinsic Motivation 42 ways that the Montessori approach builds intrinsic discipline in our children. by Simone Davies In my last article on a Montessori...
The Dump Truck Story
The Dump Truck Story What happens when we normalize ‘disaster’ thinking and accept the mess by Alicia Diaz-David When my son was two years old, he scribbled on his dump truck with a brown marker and announced that he would wash it right there in the middle of our...
Rising Innovators in Class
RISING INNOVATORS IN CLASS by Gillett Cole As part of our microeconomics course, we partnered with Marc Seldin and Mark Tough to include a pilot of their college-level learning program called “Rising Innovators,“ for adolescents. Rising Innovators is an experiential...
50 Ways to Celebrate Summer Learning
50 Ways to Celebrate Summer Learning by Cheryl Allen Summer is a time of more daylight, warmer temperatures, and more time outdoors. We may think that, for children who are out of school in the summer, it is not a time of learning. Yet, it can be an incredible time of...