Finding Our Center - Reaching Out

As a child, my father often led me on an adventure in our backyard. On warm, summer days we would lay prone in the spiky grass of ...

When we speak of the fabric of our society, no one besides a child's family has the power and potential to transform a child's li...

  Many of the stories that we tell our students and the cultural lessons that we share are our part of our collective oral tradit...

There is a level of transparency that teachers can create with their students that allows for real and meaningful relationships...

In a Montessori classroom, the opportunities for curricular cross-pollination are many: a teacher’s presentation may lead to deeper ...

The school days of an educator can be varied and unexpected. Some roll smoothly as designed; most, however, have their own rhythm and te...

There are moments in one’s classroom when it just feels right to bring the class together and re-center. Sometimes this is pl...

Imagine a time when our ancestors’ senses were so finely tuned as to keep them constantly alert and watchful and curious; a time wh...

In November of 2011, shortly after starting this blog, I created a "wordle" all of the text of the posts to date in an effo...

  I was absolutely blown away recently by a trailer to a documentary film project in progress called Building the Pink Tower . What mo...

  There is an elegant geometry inherent to our daily lives. This extends beyond the overt energy of our physical surroundings, to...

E Pluribus Unum, 2010     24 x 24 feet, laser etched onto aluminum panels   Concept and design: Chris Jordan    Computing and desi...

Parents in a public Montessori elementary program will often ask their child’s teacher how they know what they know about th...

      While perusing my local library’s children’s section, I found a wonderful collection of playful poems, insightful science ...

One of the great pleasures of being a Montessori educator is the opportunity for reflection and renewal that is made possible by...