We are living in pivotal times. Issues of race and racism are not new. Modern day America was created after a clash of epic proportions over this issue. A world war has been fought over this. Many of us thought that we, as a species, had put the worst behind us and were headed in […]
Grace and Courtesy
Grace & Courtesy Co.
Today I am delighted to introduce you to my colleague Annie Green and her creative partner Brent Edwards. Annie and Brent wanted to write this post to share some very exciting news about their new company! -Seemi HI THERE! We’re Annie and Brent, and we’re thrilled to unveil our newest creative adventure: Grace & […]
An Open Door Promise
By Pamela Green I awoke this morning thinking of my Grandpa, my Mother’s father, and of a lesson he had passed on to me many years ago. It was one of the moments upon waking when I could feel myself as a child, the ground beneath my body, looking into his eyes as we sat […]
Social Stories
I was introduced to the concept of Social Stories about 10 years ago by Pat Getz, the support services coordinator at the Montessori School of Syracuse. The Social Stories technique, in my experience, works very well with Montessori Grace & Courtesy lessons. What are Montessori Grace & Courtesy Lessons? “Grace and Courtesy” is the term […]
How Developmentally Appropriate is Sharing?
By Pauline Meert A few months ago, I read an article on sharing that led to a lot of discussions and thinking. The article “Some Parenting Rules are Meant to be Broken” by Beth W. from Very Bloggy over on sunnyskyz.com discusses her experience with “sharing”. Through examples of two experiences, one in a park where a child expects […]
The Importance of Grace and Courtesy
It is my pleasure to welcome Pauline Meert to the Trillium Montessori blog! Pauline is a trained Montessori teacher with a ton of experience. I met Pauline in Aubrey Hargis’s Montessori 101 Facebook group. I was super excited to learn that she has written a series of early reading books that are sequenced according to the […]
Grace and Courtesy
There are many ingredients that go into making a Montessori class magical. I think one of the more important ones is the attention we pay to grace and courtesy. What is Grace and Courtesy? This is the term we use to describe manners and learning what it means to be polite. Greeting a new student […]