This year, one in four students headed back to school and will face what no child – or parent – wants to face: a bully that doesn’t back down. In addition to anxiety surrounding school, bullied students are most likely to experience a range of academic and psychological effects outside of the classroom too, including…
Grace & Courtesy
Guiding the Gratitude Mindset: How Adults Can Shape Children’s Capacity for Appreciation
Gratitude is a powerful mindset of abundance that unlocks the fullness of life. It acts as a lens through which to view the world – not by what we don’t have – but what we already do. In a time when consumer culture demands our constant attention to buy, click, and share, parents and teachers…
Empathy and Friendship in the Montessori Environment
Recent studies show that today’s college students lack empathy. Empathy, or the ability to imagine yourself in someone else’s shoes, to share in their feelings, to feel for them or with them, and to see and value what another person is feeling or experiencing, is considered a core skill involved in building close relationships, maintaining…
Gratitude in the Montessori Classroom: A State of Grace
While November is the month where the nation focuses on giving thanks and gratitude, Montessori schools look at gratitude and grace as something to be considered daily. Maria Montessori, the founder of the Montessori philosophy of education, believed strongly in thanksgiving. As such, gratitude has a strong presence in the Montessori classroom, beginning with Practical…
