Talking to young children about the concept of “germs” can be quite challenging! Preschoolers have a hard time conceptualizing things that they cannot experience through their senses. However, in this era when lives have been turned topsy turvy because of a global pandemic, the conversation about germs is difficult to put off! The Germs […]
Coronavirus Response Resources for Montessori Parents
We will use this page as a repository of organized resources for Montessori families as they come available. Click the thumbnails below to see all the coronavirus school closure resources we have available. We strongly encourage you to join one of the parent support groups we have set up specifically to help parents navigate the […]
Coronavirus Response Resources for Montessori Teachers
We will use this page as a repository of organized resources for school leaders and teachers as they come available. If you want to keep up with general updates, please bookmark this page and the main update page here. Click the thumbnails below to see all the coronavirus school closure resources we have available. […]
COVID-19 Response and Resources for Montessori Schools
Coronavirus Response Resource Pages Please click the thumbnails below to see an organized list of resources. Trillium Montessori Leadership Email Newsletter Montessori Primary (3-6) Email Newsletter Montessori Elementary (6-12) Email Newsletter Updates Do you know of a relevant resources that should be listed here? Please let us know! coronavirus@trilliummontessori.org Repository of useful resources from […]
Spiritual preparation, for reals!
by Karen Federice We talk about connection all the time in the Elementary classroom. Our cosmic curriculum lends itself to the intrinsically interwoven nature of all things. Jennifer Morgan says it beautifully in Mammals Who Morph, “Little by little, land, sea and air began to shape the mammals to come – Trees sculpting hands for […]
How to Guide the Young Elementary Child
The youngest elementary children…the beginning of a new cycle. When the 6 or 7-year-old child enters into the elementary classroom, teachers sometimes struggle with understanding this newly emerging second plane child. When I was teaching and had the benefit of observing my students in their primary classroom environment before they transitioned into elementary, it was […]
Learning About Ramadan
This post contains affiliate links. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. The Muslim calendar is a lunar calendar, which means that the months follow the cycles of the moon. This also means that the months do not correspond to the western calendar months. Each year, Ramadan is approximately 11 days earlier […]
Cosmic Nesting Dolls
“Let us give the children a vision of the universe.” Maria Montessori in To Educate the Human Potential. Cosmic nesting dolls available from Where Am I? “Cosmic Education is intended to help each of us search for our cosmic task as a species and as individuals. To do this, we must understand ourselves in […]
A Tour of Erin’s Montessori Classroom
I recently had the opportunity to visit my friend Erin Roberts in Asheville, NC. I’ve known Erin for about 14 years. We worked together at the Montessori School of Syracuse and she is one of the small handful of people I’ve met who seem to have been born with an intuitive understanding of Montessori. A […]
Get Ready for May
It’s time to start getting ready for May! Try the following resources to help you prepare your preschool and Montessori shelves. Click the images below for details and tons of ideas! Free Printables These printables are available in my Resource Library. Click the images below for more details. Related Products Click the […]