The individual in the community
Breakfast in an adolescent community The schedule for the morning in one Montessori adolescent community is for two of the students to wake up at… more
Author: Paul Pillai
No worksheets, just Great Work
There didn’t appear to be a grand plan at the beginning, it was just that the numbers that Haami and Owen were dividing gradually got… more
Spring 2014 – End of Term letter
20 April 2014 Spring is in the air. It seems even Spring-ier than usual after the succession of winter storms. Trees everywhere are beginning their gentle explosions of green… more
Chicky chatty
I’m kinda fresh faced when it comes to the service of feeding our chickens, so the last couple of days have felt like a bit… more
December 2013 – End of Term Letter
15th December 2013 Last weekend I sat for an hour in the garden, observing the behaviour of a hen for the first time. Of course… more
Christmas 2013 Plays
Elementary: The Journey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvjDhBvpRWY Children’s House: The Night Before Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTYhkdjrq5I
Summer of 2013 – End of term letter
August 2013 Dear friends, There is a chap called Dunbar who studied various primate societies to find out the typical size of their social groupings. … more
Latest Ofsted Report (early years)
SUMMARY This provision is outstanding. Children have exemplary opportunities to be independent, make decisions and take responsibility for what they do. Staff have exceptional skills… more
Laurie Ewert-Krocker on the needs of the adolescent
Laurie Ewert-Krocker, founder and former Head of School at the Hershey Montessori Farm School in Ohio, spoke to Montessori parents on the needs of the… more
Presence, movement and the practice of the ordinary
Parents sometimes wonder what the most useful ‘Montessori’ thing they can do for their babies is. Now any parent who asks this question already knows… more
