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Montessori Benefits…..

Through my school consulting work, I’ve had the privilege of meeting  a number of teachers – better known as Guides or Directors/Directresses –  who themselves attended Montessori schools as children.  It’s fascinating to hear them describe something I can “know” only intellectually! When I ask them how they benefitted from their experience, their answers are [...]

Montessori: A Brief History

Remember when Jay Leno hosted the Tonight Show and one of his funniest routines (in my opinion) was to ask people on the street random geography questions:  Where are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?  How many oceans are there?  What is the third planet from the sun?  Sadly, people were often clueless when it came [...]