ARTICLES | April 2023 ISSUE
Montessori, the Second Plane, and Imagination
There's something interesting that I've learned about children through Montessori, and it's the incredible power of imagination for elementary children, not younger ones. Imagination is something we often attribute to small children. During preschool...
Do I Just Say Yes to Everything?
Have you heard that you should use positive language with your child? Positive language is often interpreted to mean just saying yes, yet really it means wording things in a way to offer specific guidance and tells children what to do. When we begin to consider...
Diversity: A Lesson from Nature
In crossing an immense stretch of desert in Arizona, if one was hunting and searching those very arid acres, attempting to quench a thirst for inspiration, answers, and enlightenment, the desert is not a place to find such an oasis, a fertile spot, or place to nourish...
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