Teacher Talk: the Peaceful Teacher
I hope you're taking time, during what is a holiday break for many schools, to recharge and rest. I hope you're sleeping late, spending...
Teacher Talk: Eye of the Storm
The month or so between Halloween and the Winter holidays is, for many teachers, a time of chaos and unpredictability. Schedules are...
Teacher Talk: Grace and Courtesy and the Adult
"The vision of the teacher should be at once precise like that of the scientist, and spiritual like that of the saint. The preparation...
Chaos and Dancing Stars
It's November... about eight weeks or so into most classroom's academic year, and the time when we start to think of the environments...
On the Autumn Rush
It's already November, when school routines feel a little more settled and we're starting to feel more at ease. Just as the air starts to...
Math and the Teacher's Spirit
Math is a language of the spirit. Really. When Montessori acknowledged that the tendency toward the construction of the mathematical mind...
Teacher Talk: Articulating the Freedom for Movement
As Montessori teachers, we define our service to the children as encompassing roles farther than just those in the classroom. If we are...
Teacher Talk: Empathy
We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole...
Teacher Talk: Concentration
When I was a much younger teacher, I had a student enigma, one of those kids who, despite everything I presented or didn't, despite the...
Teacher Talk: The Freedom to Interact (or Not) as Teachers
Our first goal as Montessori teachers is to prepare environments within which children no longer notice our presence. So, how come this...