Each year the Association for Library Services to Children awards a special honor, the Caldecott Award, to the illustrator of one picture book. This coveted award has recognized some amazing works over the years and is a great way to […]
There are many elements that make Montessori education stand apart from more conventional methods. One of the most obvious is our mixed-age classrooms. Rather than grouping children by a single chronological age, our classroom environments encompass children spanning across several […]
UE had an exceptional first term and took full advantage of being at school in-person for all but one week of the semester. We were busy! The children came back in September, ready to work and eager to jump back […]
The word harmony is an important one for both the artist and the musician. In music, harmony is whenever two or more sounds happen at the same time. In art, it is when two or more colors or shapes exist […]
Reproduced with permission from Molly Schaot’s At Home With Toddlers, Waypoint Montessori
In Montessori pedagogy, we use a child-led approach to toileting. We do not use rewards, nor do we attempt to completely upend a child’s daily life by
Seminar in Middle School creates opportunities for students to extend their understanding and interpretation of a text by intertwining social interaction, communication, and the growing power of the adolescent intellect. Students prepare for seminar discussions by closely reading and annotating […]
Great work is one characteristic of the Second Plane Child. What was once repetition, completing the same work over and over in the Primary classrooms, becomes repetition through elaboration in the Elementary classrooms. In this plane, children have a new […]
Practical Life is the foundation for building independence, concentration, refining movement and sense of order and responsibility. Grace and Courtesy are lessons that we give to small groups of children that teach them how to be and act in the […]
by Ella Procaccinti
In September of 2020, the sixth years took on an ambitious project to maintain the Quest community library. The goal was to create a library full of books that were up to date and diverse.
When the
We all want our children to be be peaceful and accepting of others, and it is never too early to start teaching them to embrace diversity. Too often, we falsely imagine that young children do not notice what makes them