The girls are starting TEC Connections Academy on 9/1 and we are full of jitters and anticipation!  They're little work spaces are all set up, and they are connecting with their teachers tomorrow at orientation.   I'm (Mom) tutoring online using Orton Gillingham and Montessori Language this Fall, until Montessori School is ready for me again! Best of luck in the new school year, everyone.

While not all ideas are new ideas (this philosophy has been around over 100 years!), I feel compelled to share a little bit about handwriting in Primary/3-6/Early Childhood. I'm glad to share about writing, since our (Massachusetts) state is on of the last to keep it in the frameworks. Throughout my undergraduate work, Montessori Training, Graduate work, and with professional development, I've been to every possible "out of box" handwriting program the world has created for us. But guess what?  Not all children require the same tools to gain skills.  Ugh.  Is that new?  Nope!   I don't use any of those.   From where I sit, I don't think workbooks have any place in a preschool class or a Montessori 3-6.  The steps listed below can be used in whatever order the child needs. Before I share what happens in my class, please read these two blog posts about what comes FIRST.  These skills and strengths are necessary before trying to write or learn ...

Hello All! We are back at home with all three girls, using TECCA Connections Academy and following our own interests.  Our school district has given the girls the best elementary and middle school education we could ask for, but with COVID and all the mess that comes with it, we are home.  We will enter 2020-2021 with two 7th graders and a High School Freshman.  Yes, that much time has past since I posted here! Wasn't this a Montessori blog?  Yes, it still is!  I'm still a Montessori Teacher and Mom.  We will also be "following the child," with the Montessori Adolescent Philosophy. This year we will: Follow their interests in unit studies  Biology, Zoology, Geography, Politics, Health, Yoga, etc. Entrepreneurship each learner has chosen a side business to develop henna tubes slime babysitting Community Action Projects Girl Scouts Community Gardening Food Bank Tutoring services Family-focused homesteading care of environment  care of self care of f...