Learning Styles of Children 2 – Visual/Spatial Learners
Children with this learning style react to visual images. They like to see pictures of what they are learning. Often, it’s not enough just to see a picture – they…
Learning Styles of Children 1 – Auditory/Verbal Learners
Recently I prepared a talk for a church group about the learning styles of children. I learned quite a bit while researching this subject. In the next few posts, I'll…
Nametags & Such
I thought of one more thing I use to help balance mixed ages. This is something that works very well in the elementary classroom. The way it works is that…
Great Ideas for Toddler Activities!
Time for a little more about toddlers! I will share what my daughter is currently doing right now. She loves the set of three hex bolt boards available from many…
Trying to Understand Toddler Behavior
I've been doing a lot of posts about working with my son, so I thought I'd sneak one in about toddlers. My daughter is 2 1/2, so she's nearing the…
Student Self-Evaluation
I recently read an article where the author referred to a phenomenon known as "mommy deafness". It seems that by the time children enter preschool, they've heard their mom's voices…
Balancing Mixed Ages
Many of you have mentioned how difficult it is to balance different ages when you're homeschooling, or even just doing activities with your kids at home after school or on…
Working with Elementary Kids
Working with elementary kids is both fun and challenging. Once they can read and write independently, the world really opens up to them in terms of learning and research. Kids…
Montessori Basics: What Is Montessori?
Everywhere I go, I find that people are interested in Montessori education. But most of them aren't exactly sure what it is. I get these kinds of questions: Is it…
Public School Montessorian Article
Recently, I had the opportunity of being interviewed by Dennis Shapiro of the quarterly newsletter Public School Montessorian. Their current fall issue has a special section on Montessori and the…