Part 3: The Gala Ball   Collective nouns are a funny thing. Some are familiar to almost all of us; a “pack” of hounds or a “swarm” of bees. There are other, more obscure, collective nouns that many of us...

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Part 2: The Conference – Participant Perspective   The Montessori Centenary Conference– held on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th – consisted of a rich and varied program, which reflected the diversity of the attending audience. More than fourteen different presentations...

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Read Part 1 and Part 2    10. Montessori education will not teach your child that;    "How you feel, what you like, and what interests you is not nearly as important as what an adult wants you like and do.”...

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If you missed Part 1 please read it here...  6. Montessori will not teach your child that;   "You are not good enough, smart enough or quick enough.”  What Montessori does instead... Montessori educators and parents are aware that children are...

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Montessori does offer many amazing benefits to children, but sometimes I think that the most valuable part of Montessori is what it doesn't do. The art of Montessori often lies in the subtle or the unseen, in the hundreds of little conscious decisions we make...

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