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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

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

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

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, founder and former Head of School at the Hershey Montessori Farm School in Ohio, spoke to Montessori parents on the needs of the… more

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

A question parents often ask me is how many hours of television a young child can safely watch, especially if the programmes they watch are… more

I spent a couple of hours this morning with Zilas, who is now all of eight weeks old. As I sat with his mum in… more

‘For the child, the mother is the soil that accepts and nurtures him, but the father is the sun that makes him bloom.’ –  The… more

An excerpt: “…. This may seem counterintuitive, but praising children’s talents and abilities seems to rattle their confidence. Tackling more difficult puzzles carries the risk… more