Category: Teacher Talk

  1. 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 »
  2. 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 »
  3. 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 »
  4. 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 »
  5. 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 »
  6. 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 »