I have to admit, when I first started working at our Montessori preschool, I was a bit overwhelmed–by both the number of children (28) and by the age range of those children (18 months to 6 years). The 18 month-old is the child of one of the other instructors and the 6 year-old is a homeschooled child whose mother wanted to give him some social learning time. Most of the children are between the ages of 3 and 5. I …

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As the busy term comes to an end, I find myself with a bit more time to post and a renewed desire to think through all I’ve learned these past several months. As I mentioned before (like a million years ago), since August I have had the pleasure of working in a real-life Montessori classroom. With almost 30 children and 3 supervising adults in one classroom, things can get a little crazy (more on that another time), but it’s been …

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