Category: Teacher Talk
Potty Talk
Potty training is something that I honestly knew very little about until recently. When students are in my classroom they are generally potty trained, so I don’t really have much… Continue Reading »Montessori Elevator Speech
While in school studying to be a teacher I was often challenged to think of my Elevator Speech for explaining Montessori. When I say Elevator Speech I mean a quick… Continue Reading »A quiet place for a child
Just as anyone in the world, I have emotions and sometimes those emotions get so intense that I need to just take a moment to calm down. As an adult,… Continue Reading »How to talk about MLK to children
On January 16, 2017 countless people will be taking a day off to celebrate and remember Martin Luther King Jr. When going over the calendar with my class I always… Continue Reading »Teaching Kindness
With everything that had been going on in our society recently I have been really thinking about what I can do to try to help. The conclusion that I came… Continue Reading »
Changing works in the classroom to go with themes is a heavily debated topic in the Montessori world. While there is real validity in keeping the materials pure, the way… Continue Reading »Talking TO kids not AT them
I was recently reading some articles on education and I came across an article by the Atlantic. It talks a lot about how our academic expectations have changed dramatically over… Continue Reading »Why observation is key
Two months ago I was lucky enough to go to the American Montessori Conference which was held in Chicago. I went in with a very open mind, but to be… Continue Reading »Staying warm in the cold weather
I know that I personally love being outside in the winter. I love playing in the snow, building snow forts, and most of all going sledding. But as the weather gets… Continue Reading »