by MakingMontessoriMine | Aug 20, 2021 | Educators, Organization, Parents, Students
Wow! It’s hard to believe that the upcoming 2021-2022 school year is already upon us. It seems like just yesterday, we were all celebrating the end of what most of us would categorize as the hardest school year-EVER! For students, parents and school staff last...
by MakingMontessoriMine | Feb 1, 2021 | Educators, Parents, Students
Dr. Montessori organized her student groupings in multi-age classrooms. The age breakdowns are as follows: 3-6-year-olds in Primary 6-9-year-olds in Lower Elementary 9-12-year-olds in Upper Elementary 12-18 year-olds- Adolescence 18-24 year-olds- Maturity ...
by MakingMontessoriMine | Jan 1, 2021 | Activities, Educators, Parents
With recent events in the United States highlighting the deep political divisions and racial disparities in our country we thought that it would be an appropriate time to focus this blog post on Montessori’s educational philosophy on Peace Education. Peace Education...
by MakingMontessoriMine | Dec 1, 2020 | Educators, Organization, Parents
Whew! We’ve made it! The end of the first semester is upon us, finally.  It is important to stop for just a minute and to take a breath. That, in and of itself, is a momentous occasion. We need to take a minute to allow just a bit of celebration for having...
by MakingMontessoriMine | Aug 1, 2020 | Educators, Parents, Students
As the school year ended last spring, We are pretty sure we were able to hear an audible collective sigh of relief from all those involved. Parents, students, teachers, administrators, school board members, and local government officials were all very happy to be...
by MakingMontessoriMine | Apr 30, 2020 | Organization, Parents
Now that parents and kids are all together, having to work on school assignments and job requirements from home, there are undoubtedly challenges that arise. First of all, do you even have enough bandwidth to sustain that many online users at once? Is your internet...
