Why follow the child and not a schedule

Many of us can not resist putting the important things in life on a schedule. And this includes the education of a child.  Now the more material something is, meaning

The Development of True Values

By Phyllis Wallbank [Transcript from part of a piece delivered in 1999] The development of true values Up to the age of five, the young child is absorbing his whole

Why self-correction is so important in the materials and activities of a natural atrium and classroom

by David Fleischacker It is key that all materials and activities in the Montessori world assist the child in self-correction.  The explanation for this is intrinsic to the nature of