Many people hear Montessori and immediately relate the curriculum to the ideas of peace, empathy, and the care of living things. However, I don’t think you can teach Montessori curriculum without at least a piece of Cosmic Education, or the cultural curriculum. Cosmic Education is essentially the teaching that everything is connected. Cosmic education is […]
7 days. That is how long it took our daughter to learn the art of using the toilet. Did we use candy? NOPE. Stickers? NOPE. Consistency and Celebrations? YOU BET! We owe the success of her toilet learning to her readiness and some good old fashioned consistency and dedication on our part. I’ll be honest. […]
As a teacher, I have always prided myself on being successful with the “busier” children, the ones who move and wiggle constantly, the ones with stronger impulses than regulation skills, the ones that need the extra attention. I always knew that those children were the most rewarding for me because they challenged me to teach […]
Having lived in five continents and in seven different countries, I have been able to conclude that the world is bigger than I could have ever truly imagined and that I was lucky to have been exposed to an array of unique cultures, vast human diversity, and traditions that define human identity. Through different lands, […]
What is going out? Why is it important? How does it connect to a student’s learning? Maria Montessori said, “When the child goes out, it is the world itself that offers itself to him. Let us take the child out to show him real things instead of making objects which represent ideas and closing […]
Have you ever heard a teacher talk about how much of their salary goes back into the classroom? Better yet, have you ever met a teacher who didn’t spend his or her own money on their students? I cannot tell you how much of my own money I spend on my classroom. I can’t tell […]
I have come across many people, whose eyes widen as they attempt to process the fact that I am a Montessori teacher, after I tell them what I do for a living. First, because they might not be aware of what Montessori really is, and second, because the word Montessori itself sounds “expensive.” From private […]
“It may be that our cosmic curiosity… is a genetically-encoded force that we illuminate when we look up and wonder.” Neil deGrasse Tyson I fell in love with the night sky while camping as a child watching the sky turn dark over the sand dunes on Lake Michigan. Since that summer night, I’ve been inclined […]
Twelve years ago, I graduated college, eager for a teaching job. I applied and applied with no luck. So instead, I took what I could get to make ends meet…I ended up as a manager for a cosmetic counter. And still, I continued applying until one day my friend told me, “Hey you should apply […]
