The first lesson we give to 6 year olds starting elementary in the Montessori program is the Great Story. It is the story of creation of the universe and an overview of how the Earth was formed and some of the laws that govern the universe such as matter is in different states depending on [...]
Today whilst playing freeze tag with her buddies, Chuckles was being chased and happened to be on the monkey bars…she missed the rung and convolutedly dismounted side ways with her arm tangling and twisting. She heard the crack before she landed crookedly with a thump.
We had an ambulance ride to Norwalk Hospital…she could only move [...]
I have been reflecting today about how I can implement some of the strategies that Carol Barnier talked about last night. We have already made office cubicles in our work room and I am going to dig into the electronics box and find some padded headphones to attach to my ipod. It’s all good!
Yet in [...]
This evening I went to listen to a talk by Carol Barnier, the author of The Big What Now of Learning Styles and a long time homeschooling mother with highly distractible children. I went with my good friend, a primary Montessori teacher and we were hoping to get some good tips.
Carol had some great advice, most of [...]
So I’m driving in my truck, going out to get groceries and I’m listening to XM Radio. There is a program host who was obviously disgusted by the amount of time people are spending in front of the TV and on computers. People were calling in and talking out their husbands addiction to the computer and [...]
