Elementary

by Letty Rising   Follow the Trillium Montessori Talks podcast There are very few topics in the elementary classroom that I hear more about than the continuous struggle about how to manage pencils.  Never mind the colored pencils, that’s a whole other topic! Today we will just stick to regular lead pencils that the children use, […]

by Letty Rising   Follow the Trillium Montessori Talks podcast Peter Piché is MACTE-credentialed (Primary, Elementary I–II,) Montessori educator who founded and designed the Secondary I Montessori program at Montessori Community School in Durham, North Carolina, after attending Great Work’s Orientation to Montessori Adolescent program. In addition to getting his professional leadership coaching certification from the […]

by Letty Rising   Follow the Trillium Montessori Talks podcast Jess Gagne has worked with children of almost all ages in a variety of settings to facilitate holistic growth and the building of a strong and supportive school community. After graduating from the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education with her B.S. in Elementary Education […]

  by Letty Rising   This is the first of a series of interviews that I will be conducting with people involved in Montessori elementary education. It also happens to be with my daughter, Zoe Rising, who owns Montessori Laboratory, a program that brings Montessori science lessons to life. While we touch on her work […]

by Letty Rising     Follow the Trillium Montessori Talks podcast The world is rapidly changing all around us. When I think of the Timeline of Humans, and just how long it took for change to take place from the beginning of human life until now, it’s easy to see that the amount of transformation the […]

by Letty Rising Follow the Trillium Montessori Talks podcast   Confidence is considered an essential trait that we hope for all children to develop. When we think of a confident child, we can imagine a child who throws up a hand and takes a risk to answer a question they may not have the answer to, […]

by Letty Rising     Follow the Trillium Montessori Talks podcast   The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ― William Arthur Ward I came across this quote recently, and it prompted me to think about the variety of methods we use to teach children.  Sometimes it’s […]

by Letty Rising     Follow the Trillium Montessori Talks podcast   It’s feeling like summertime across much of the northern hemisphere, and while some of you might be in the throes of lazy summer days, sipping iced tea on a lounge chair by the pool, many of you are starting to break into a sweat […]

by Letty Rising     Follow the Trillium Montessori Talks podcast When considering elevating your teaching practice, there are really two major paths towards self-improvement. One is external feedback from colleagues who can let you know if you’re on the right track or might need to make some adjustments.  The other is self-reflection. The great thing […]

by Letty Rising     Follow the Trillium Montessori Talks podcast   In Montessori training, most of us have been cautioned about offering praise to children.  This flies in the face of what many of us grew up with, as it was implicitly communicated that praise was to be used as a measure of counteracting the […]