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In this session, Ain’t Misbehavin’, we’ll consider the adult’s perception of children’s behavior. We’ll explore an important dynamic, often hidden, that drives human behavior. When we are involved in conflict with children it may be easy to overlook this basic motivational force. What is this force that drives behavior? Personal needs. Children’s actions are judged as misbehaviors […]
As I look out my window and see this mature, mangled olive tree, I wish that, for the tree’s sake, someone had given a lesson to the tree’s pruners on the branching and budding patterns of fruiting trees. This was a lesson that most of the eight-year-olds in my classroom enjoyed and were proud they […]
What should our children learn? Over the past posts I’ve tried to show that children need to learn, as a life-long foundation, the practical life skills that include care of the self, care of the environment, care of others, and care of community. The skills of practical life offer the child a way to build […]
In this complimentary course, you’ll discover a step-by-step process for creating a full and satisfying life. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to identify what’s most important to you, visualize the future you desire, and create an action plan for creating your ideal Level 10 life. With Planning Your Best Life, you’ll discover: When you join Planning Your […]
Over the past few posts, we’ve been looking at the foundational lessons of practical life skills that are offered in a Montessori classroom for three-to-six-year-olds, but in reality these lessons should be offered in all classrooms and homes. The practical life skills of caring for oneself, caring for one’s environment, caring for others and caring […]
As we consider the different areas of practical life exercises, we might see that care of others follows a natural expansion from the child’s activities in care for the self and care of the environment. Before we can truly take care of others, we need to know how to take care of ourselves, and at […]
One of the many universal learning and teaching principles used in Montessori education is the idea of the prepared environment. Created and maintained by the adults in that space, a prepared environment consists of four components: people, tools and objects, ideas and nature. What does a prepared environment look like? Let’s start with an example […]
The importance of letter writing? In my life, letter writing may be the thing that made the difference. In 1971, for more than a year, and almost 200 letters, I corresponded with a young man I met briefly in Germany. What did we write about? Mainly, we wrote about the books we were reading and […]
One of the many things I have come to appreciate about my Montessori teaching experience is this idea; in their efforts to self-construct an adult human being, children’s initial work is care of the self. From this core work of care of the self, the child is drawn to other activities in caring for the […]
The topics I write about meet at the intersection of parenting, teaching, leading and children. To thrive children need to be surrounded by enlightened adults. By that I mean adults who try to understand themselves, as well as children. As adults we should always be asking the big questions: When we can answer these questions, […]
