Summertime is almost in full swing at Chesapeake Montessori School, that sweet season when school is done, the sun is out, and fun is the most important agenda of the day. While it’s important for students to take a break from the business of the school year, it’s also the best time for parents to…
Montessori Approach
Special Needs and the Montessori Child: Thinking, Learning, and Playing Outside the Box
Follow the child, don’t force them to follow you. A Montessori education is founded on each student’s uniqueness, a key ingredient that inspires children to be their own best advocates, motivators, and teachers in the classroom. This is especially true for our youngest special needs students, many of whom don’t adhere to the prescriptive rules,…
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…
Springtime Calls for a Nature Table
Mother Nature’s recent flirtation with Spring-like temperatures in Hampton Roads has got most folks jonesing for warmer weather and all that comes with it. Bright sunny days, time spent outdoors, flowers, green grass, and of course, a springtime nature table for the kids. A nature table can be anything you want it to be, from…
