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Questions About Teaching Oceania

Questions About Teaching Oceania

My first post on Oceania has got lots of interaction and I thought it would be appropriate to answer a few common reactions or questions I have recieved. My manual teaches Australia...

Questions About Teaching Oceania

My first post on Oceania has got lots of interaction and I thought it would be appropriate to answer a few common reactions or questions I have recieved. My manual teaches Australia...

How A Walk In The Park Helped My Learners with Botany

How A Walk In The Park Helped My Learners with ...

I am not an overwhelming fan of following a scope and sequence religiously. I also don't find botany a topic I am naturally drawn towards.  Enter into my life: a...

How A Walk In The Park Helped My Learners with ...

I am not an overwhelming fan of following a scope and sequence religiously. I also don't find botany a topic I am naturally drawn towards.  Enter into my life: a...

Why Knowing Sandpaper Letters Alone Doesn't Mean Your Child "Knows" Phonics

Why Knowing Sandpaper Letters Alone Doesn't Mea...

In Montessori the sandpaper letters are often taught before children move into writing with the moveable alphabet and learning to read.  The sandpaper letters are pieces of sandpaper attached to...

Why Knowing Sandpaper Letters Alone Doesn't Mea...

In Montessori the sandpaper letters are often taught before children move into writing with the moveable alphabet and learning to read.  The sandpaper letters are pieces of sandpaper attached to...

Following the Child in Montessori: Why I Sometimes Change My Lesson Plan

Following the Child in Montessori: Why I Someti...

Following the child does not mean teaching without thought or direction. It means knowing the curriculum, knowing the child and being willing to respond when an unexpected opportunity for learning...

Following the Child in Montessori: Why I Someti...

Following the child does not mean teaching without thought or direction. It means knowing the curriculum, knowing the child and being willing to respond when an unexpected opportunity for learning...

Adapting the prepared environment and work cycle for a child with ADHD

Adapting the prepared environment and work cycl...

When I was younger I was very keen on making sure my classroom held as much fidelity to the Montessori classrooms I saw in pictures on the internet. Beautiful shelves,...

Adapting the prepared environment and work cycl...

When I was younger I was very keen on making sure my classroom held as much fidelity to the Montessori classrooms I saw in pictures on the internet. Beautiful shelves,...

Adapting Montessori Learning  for ADHD Children

Adapting Montessori Learning for ADHD Children

I recently read a line in an article that has stuck with me: "Kids with ADHD are demanding a higher standard of teaching"   William Sears, M.D., associate clinical professor of...

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Adapting Montessori Learning for ADHD Children

I recently read a line in an article that has stuck with me: "Kids with ADHD are demanding a higher standard of teaching"   William Sears, M.D., associate clinical professor of...

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