What does it mean to be at peace with yourself? We looked in a previous post at Maria Montessori’s desire to achieve world peace through education. Today we will examine how inner peace plays a role. While global citizenship and social justice are certainly major components to the Montessori method, peace education must inherently start with inner peace. When Montessorians say inner peace, we mean both the ability to regulate and express one’s own emotions, and also a degree of...

One of the cornerstones of the Montessori educational system is the mixed-age classroom. Montessori classrooms are broken into age groups that span three years, which teachers often refer to as the “three year cycle.” But what is the significance of these age groupings? These age groupings are based on Maria Montessori’s theories of education She identified four distinct periods in child development, characterized by habits, tendencies, sensitivities and proclivities: ages 0-6, 6-12,...

We’re halfway through our first summer at Camp Goldenrod! This year we’re doing a mythology camp for elementary schoolers, and each...