The Happiness Path is the Meaningful Path
While happiness is ephemeral and dependent on circumstances meeting our wants, meaning connects us to values, relationships, and histories that are deep-rooted.
Raising Curious Kids: A Handful of Hands-On Activities
In a world that’s becoming increasingly complex, the task of guiding young children can feel both crucial and challenging.
Discipline That Works: Modern Parenting with Montessori
Grounded and Soaring is excited to partner with Cloud Montessori where a version of this post was originally published.
Tips for Meaningful Conversations with Elementary Kids
From the time our children are born, they start the journey of becoming more and more independent of us. They separate from our bodies. Then they learn to eat food. They learn to move. At each of these milestones, they are becoming more physically independent.
The Perfect Chair or How to Parent While Sitting
It seemed a minor detail to me – which chair I would sit in on the rare occasion when the preschool classroom allowed me a brief moment of rest. But I tested out the chairs anyway and chose the sleek, rectangular-backed one with the soft cushion. The chair was placed in its spot on the back wall, where it has remained.
Developing Readers and Writers in a Twitterized World
In an era of digital sound bites, where Twitter’s 280 characters often define the boundaries of expression, there’s a pressing concern about the evolving nature of communication. The onslaught of condensed digital communication modes has engendered an environment where the depth of language and profound conversations seem to be ebbing.
The Beauty and Power of Focus
A quality I cherish about summer is the way time expands for our family: we’re less rushed, less tightly scheduled, and less everything that makes the day-to-day feel overwhelming at times.
Baking for a Cause: One Student’s Passion Story
At this point, I’ve made the Hershey’s chocolate cake recipe more times than I can count…
A Trip Out and a Trip In: Student Photo Essay
The last MMS Junior High trip of this year was to Mt. Diablo State Park…
Growing Creative Thinkers
In the last couple of months, I’ve been able to connect with a number of my own past students and graduates of Marin Montessori School…
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