Little Learners Lodge

The wonderful world of WHY marks your child taking that last step out of infancy and entering more fully into the social...

 We recently received correspondence from a graduate parent of her slower-to-mature elementary student.  

Last week working on a video presentation for a GATO grant and taking the Stanford 10 with our soon-to-be graduating Kindergarteners...

Many times parents feeling pressured to set up their home environment often ask, “Where do I purchase Montessori materials for our house?”

When asked to present a 90 second clip on How Megan Nordoff Has Made a Difference, well- where to start?

 Forming the fingers in just the right way to hold a pencil can be a challenge for some children with fine motor issues or poor muscle tone.

The experience of helping Ms. Megan articulate her message of innovation has proven insightful- there is so much more to the person...

Ms. Megan makes the TOP TEN GATO finalist as a nationally recognized innovator in the classroom!

The construction of the large bead stair began as a problem to be solved in our outdoor classroom.

I was a daycare baby. In the ’70s, still relatively few families involved both parents working and if they did, extended family often...

All across the United States, children of all ages have begun a study of North American history and culture.

Maslov ranked Sense of Belonging before Self-Esteem on his hierarchy of needs.  Meaning that without a social context in which a person can validate his perceived worth, self-worth is not internalized. Yet we often witness groups of young children being reconfigured each year without regard to established relationships at the start of each school year.

We might not admit it, but it’s true- we teachers have our favorites- be it a child or something in the environment that speaks to us...

It can’t be just me- that Elf on the Shelf is just a bit scary, no? And what a tattle tale.

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” -Vincent Van Gogh

On Isle of Palms, a bare grassy island among a sea of asphalt stands the same as it ever was some thirty-five or so years ago when it...

Montessori Practical Life 101 invariably includes the outline for FLOWER ARRANGING.

Many authentic Montessori schools do not assign homework until upper elementary or middle school- and even then it is more individualized...

Magda Gerber’s RIE Approach Compliments the Montessori Experience