Logan LaPlante ‘Hackschooling Makes Me Happy’

When 13 year-old Logan LaPlante grows up, he wants to be happy and healthy. He discusses how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal. Logan incorporates these simple practices for being happy and healthy according to Dr. Roger Walsh, Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC): Exercise Diet and Nutrition Time in Nature Contribution and Service …

Especially For Children Montessori Celebrates 30 Years

Especially For Children & Indian Harbour Montessori invite you to join them as they celebrate their 30th year! 30th Anniversary Celebration at Wickham Park Join us as we celebrate our 30th year of Montessori education! There will be catered BBQ, games, activities & much more! Whether you graduated from our Upper Elementary Program or attended …

The Importance of Montessori for the Kindergarten year

Here are 20 reasons to keep your child in Montessori for the Kindergarten year complimentary of The Montessori Children’s Foundation. Kindergarten is not the start of schooling. By five, most Montessori children will begin to read, and many will be introduced to multiplication and division. The third (or Kindergarten) year is the time when many …

Montessori Nurtures Curiosity, Creativity & Imagination

Dr. Maria Montessori believed that teachers should focus on the child as a person, not on a the daily lesson plan. Montessori teachers lead children to ask questions, think for themselves, explore, investigate, and discover. Their ultimate objective is to help their students to learn independently and retain the curiosity, creativity, and intelligence with which …

What can Montessori offer our infants & toddlers?

In the past, many people pictured a child’s mind as a blank slate on which adults, through instruction, could “write out” the content of a good education. Likewise, another common metaphor was that of an empty bowl, waiting to be filled with the contents of the school’s curricula. Dr. Maria Montessori demonstrated that both concepts …