There are many aspects of the AMI Montessori education methodology that differ from traditional schools even more progressive private schools. The way children interact with content material, the length of time children are given to master concepts and the teacher-student …
Progress through language
First we would like to send a special thanks to all the families at Stepping Stone Montessori School for their beautiful holiday gifts. We sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness. During this season of the year, there is focus on joy, tradition, …
A Winter Solstices Celebration
The Winter Solstice is one of my favorite times of the year. Although it is the shortest day and the longest night, once this night passes I begin to see the day’s getting longer. This always excites me. Many traditions …
What is a “four”?
Counting has been with us a good, long time. The idea that we could keep track of things by doing so is indeed fascinating and helpful beyond description. Rather than have “one”, “one”, “one”, etc – or rather, “this”, “this”, …
Eco Teaching
Add to the list of things that you can’t “teach”: eco-friendliness.
The rage these days is teaching earth-friendly, eco-sensitive perspectives. This has been popular for a while now. The thinking is that if we TEACH students to be respectful of …
Creating Meaning – What Learning is
Stepping Stone Montessori School child practicing the Hundred board
“You learn what you do, and you can’t learn what you don’t do”.
You create meaning by doing. It is that simple. We, each of us, need to …