In an era of digital sound bites, where Twitter’s 280 characters often define the boundaries of expression, there’s a pressing concern about the evolving nature of communication. The onslaught of condensed digital communication modes has engendered an environment where the depth of language and profound conversations seem to be ebbing.
A quality I cherish about summer is the way time expands for our family: we’re less rushed, less tightly scheduled, and less everything that makes the day-to-day feel overwhelming at times.
In the last couple of months, I’ve been able to connect with a number of my own past students and graduates of Marin Montessori School…
At age twenty-one, and five days after I graduated from college, I moved to Sumatra, Indonesia. Sent by the organization “Volunteers in Asia,” I spent the next year focused on educating Indonesian youth on HIV/AIDS prevention…
Grounded and Soaring is excited to partner with Cloud Montessori where this post was originally published. Cloud Montessori offers valuable advice for families eager to bring Montessori into their homes. It’s Time Using the phrase “It’s time” eliminates any question or option for your child when you need them to
This April, I sent a series of posts to the Marin Montessori community that wrestled with some of the pressing issues of the day. We’ve now collected the posts into a single document that you can read and share at your leisure.
First and foremost, forgiveness is an unburdening act of self-compassion; it makes us feel and live better.
My three children are as distinct and beautifully themselves as any three human beings can be – and yet they undoubtedly developed along a nearly identical track, experiencing the same lurches and regressions at roughly the same stages of development.
Most of us miss the first part of DeCartes’ most famous axiom. He actually said, “dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum,” which translates, roughly, to “I doubt, therefore I think, I think therefore I am.”
Turns out that the first part is super important. To doubt is to ask questions that pressure-test assumptions and choices.
Most of the time, when a parent mentions that some undesirable behavior is going on with their young child, it has something to do with one of the child’s three basic physical needs, and if they are met and stable, or not. These are sleeping, eating, and eliminating – and chief among them is sleep.
