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The Benefits of Learning Cursive Writing
"Learning cursive is good for children’s fine motor skills, and writing in longhand generally helps students retain more information and generate more ideas. Studies have also shown that kids who learn cursive rather than simply manuscript writing score better on...
Developing Soft Skills in Montessori Classrooms
"Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of education." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. During many of our parent education events, we talk quite a bit about fostering the development of soft skills in our children. Soft skills - also referred to as "people...
Peace Education in the Montessori Classroom
In our modern world, it is so easy to get sucked in to conflict - online, on the news, with our family and friends. It is important that at a very young age, we begin to learn how to settle our differences and appropriately handle strong emotions. Peace education is a...
Discipline in a Montessori Classroom
by Emily Shattuck, Children's House Guide After the field trip to Rodgers’ Farm last week, a parent commented how amazed she was by the children’s discipline. When it was time to leave the farm to return back to school, the children immediately stopped...
A Montessori Bedroom
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 in 2010. I am now the Director of the Greenspring Center for Lifelong Learning. I wrote this piece...
Why We Celebrate the International Day of Peace at Greenspring Montessori
Every year, we celebrate the International Day of Peace here at Greenspring Montessori. This isn't a particularly well-known holiday in many circles, I know, but to us this day is both a cause for celebration and a chance for reflection. Peace education is a huge...
Renovations on the Friedburg Building near Completion!
The Friedburg Building is turning out beautifully! The pictures above and just below this text were taken just a couple days ago, to give you an idea of how close to completion we are. Nearly every part of Friedburg has been updated this summer. To give you an idea,...