Children enjoy books for loads of reasons. They read to become smarter about the world and how it works. They read to broaden their vocabularies and to become better readers-faster and more fluent, purposeful, engaged, critical, and satisfied. They read to stretch their imaginations, to escape to other lives, times, and places. They read to become knowledgeable and compassionate toward […]
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Unplugging – Restful or Stressful? Four days from now it is National Day of Unplugging, which starts sundown, Friday, March 6th, and goes until sundown Saturday, March 7th. Now is a perfect opportunity to talk with youth about how they (and you) would feel about putting tech away for 24 hours (or less or more) […]
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The final year of Primary, often referred to as the kindergarten year, is a very special year. Having spent two or three years in the environment, these children are now the leaders of the room. It is easy to identify the kindergarten children, as they are ones working most independently with the greatest concentration. They […]
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Maria Montessori held a fundamental belief that we are born with everything we need. The Montessori environment is designed to support this unfolding and blossoming, with the goal of keeping adult agendas out of the way and to preserve a love of learning. As societal pressures seem to increase as students grow older, the Middle […]
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School One and Goat Hill award winners of “Write Rhode Island” short fiction writing competition Quest Montessori School is honored to have two students recognized in this year’s Write Rhode Island writing competition presented by School One and Goat Hill of Providence. The short story writing competition received 137 submissions from students in grades 7-12 across […]
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