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The Importance of the Practical Life Curriculum in Raising Resilient, Responsible, and Independent Children
Written by Emily Shattuck, Children's House Lead Guide (and Mother of Two) "Your job as a parent is to put yourself out of a job by raising your kid to independent adulthood (where independence equals not turning to you to handle/fix/resolve everything) and when you...
A Sensitive Period for Language Development
Written by Shannon Brown, Children’s House Guide Perhaps the most dramatic jump in language development is the growth of vocabulary that occurs between the ages of two to six. This explosion in language does not occur at any other time in...
October 2016 Capital Project Update
Though there still is nothing visible stirring on campus, children aside, the project is alive, active, and moving in the desired direction. To spend a little time with the intricacies of the site plan—the engineering design that documents and directs all construction...
A Montessori Bathroom
Greetings from Florida! For those of you who don't know me, I was a Lower Elementary guide at Greenspring and then the Director of Admissions before moving to Florida. My daughter, Lila, recently turned two and I would like to share a few thoughts on what it was like...
Groundbreaking Ceremony
Greenspring Montessori School hosted a ceremonial Groundbreaking on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 for a building project to renovate nearly 30,000 square feet and construct 7,500 square feet of additional classroom space on its historic seven-acre campus. Head of...
Science in the Montessori Classrooms
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing” –Alfred Wainwright In education today, there’s a forward momentum towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). There are robotics clubs, programming camps, and circuitry courses. We want...
Art in the Montessori Classrooms
Art in the Montessori Classroom An Essential Part of the Child’s Work Written by Michelle Dickson-Feeney, Art Enrichment Guide www.michelledickson.com Art is an essential component of learning in Montessori classrooms. In each classroom there are dedicated art shelves...
Montessori is Education for the Real World
Montessori As Preparation for the “Real World," written by Lower Elementary Lead Guide, Cheri Gardner In Montessori classrooms, we don’t insist that our students sit at desks all day, do the same work that everyone else does, or stop doing things they’re immersed in...