NEW | The Power of Listening

Inside this new course, you’ll get the entire step-by-step process to get good at listening – FAST. You’ll find out exactly what good listening is (and is not)… how to understand someone’s full communication… how to reach an important agreement… tools for highly-emotional conversations… specific skills for business and negotiation… and more… With The Power […]


NEW | Becoming A Leader

I’m excited to announce a new course, Becoming A Leader, the first in our Leadership Essentials series. With the Becoming a Leader course, you’ll discover: When you join Becoming A Leader, you’ll learn key characteristics and qualities you’ll need to develop to effectively lead any group of people. The course contains everything you need to know to […]


FREE WEBINAR | Teaching Civility

Teaching Civility

What are children learning from this mean-spirited time? What has happened to common courtesy? How can we magnify kindness and respect in both children and adults? Teaching civility is a topic that has been on my mind for several years now. In this 20-minute instant free training, Teaching Civility, you’ll learn how you can create […]


Some Help For Summer Planning

making lemonade out of lemons

It’s summertime! For me, summertime means the luxury to think and plan. Set me up with a glass of ice tea on the porch, my yellow note pad, and a blue ink pen and I’m ready to plan how to make the next year better. To help you with your planning, I’ve put together a […]


Kids Talk Workshops Are Open!

Montessori Professional Development

Earlier this year I reopened one of my Kids Talk Workshops, Unscramble Spelling, after revamping it. I was curious to see if there would be any interest in the course, as it had been closed for over two years.  The response was favorable, so I’ve revamped three other courses, just in time to help out for […]


Think Big With Montessori Education

Think Big with Montessori Education

It was a quiet September morning, sitting around drinking coffee.  We were on vacation with friends and talking about what to do for the day. Then an email came in announcing that Jeff Bezos was investing $2 Billion for free Montessori-inspired preschools.  All plans for the day were put on hold. The game began. The […]


FREE WEBINAR | Helping Children Learn To Listen

helping children learn to listen

In my many years of working with young children, there is one question I hear frequently from parents and teachers: How do I get children to listen to me? When we are confronted with tantrums, defiant behavior, or worse, it’s difficult to know what to do. But these situations are usually avoidable, or at least […]


FREE EVENT | Childhood Potential Conference

2024 Childhood Potential

The Childhood Potential Online Montessori Conference 2024 is coming up January 29 – February 2 and I’m excited to be one of the speakers. I’ll be speaking on the first day on Building Brains the Montessori Way. This conference is not just an event, it’s a five-day festival of learning and inspiration! Each day is a […]


FREE WEBINAR | What About Kindergarten? A Montessori Perspective

What about kindergarten?

It’s a perennial problem for Montessori schools. How can we show parents the importance of the third year of our programs for children 3 to 6 years old? Because the third year in a Montessori program is truly a leap year! This is a session that you will want to let all of your school […]


FREE TRAINING | Managing Oneself

Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker

As much as people say, “That person is a born leader,” the fact remains that we can learn to become a leader. I’d like to invite you to join a six-week complimentary email course, Managing Oneself, to learn how to be a better leader. Too often the terms leadership and management are used interchangeably.  Leadership […]