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Webcast:  Establishing Ground Rules in Montessori Classrooms

Webcast: Establishing Ground Rules in Montessori Classrooms

Click to Download PDF Ground Rules 2.0 Michael and the panel explore how we establish ground rules in Montessori classrooms. Stop that! Be quiet! Use your inside voice! Walk in the classroom! Put your work away! Are these rule statements? Do statements like this help or hinder establishing proper codes of behavior? Why? What rules and […]

The Two-Second Rule

The Two-Second Rule

“Look, mommy! I’m daddy!” hree-year-old Scotty opened a blue marker and scribbled on the wall as his mom, Margie, cut vegetables for dinner. Scotty had watched his dad paint the kitchen over the weekend. Now Scotty was trying to ‘help,’ or so Margie surmised in the split second of disbelief and dismay as she took […]

It’s Just a Stage – Right?

It’s Just a Stage – Right?

It was wonderful, Mommy! I pushed somebody, and then I hit somebody. And, then I went to time-out. And, I was angry and sad. Do you want to play trains?” Although I am a licensed psychologist, that does not mean that I know everything about children. Other people’s children – possibly (at least I can […]

Webinar:  The Parenting Puzzle: Decoding Your Children’s Behavior

Webinar: The Parenting Puzzle: Decoding Your Children’s Behavior

The Parenting Puzzle is a new parenting course from The Montessori Foundation led by Lorna McGrath, Coordinator of The Montessori Family Alliance       This course is designed to help parents turn their homes into peaceful havens rather than battlefields. Based on years of working with children of all ages, Lorna provides by cultivating […]