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The Forest Bluff Montessori Lunch
Submitted by Margaret Kelley The Forest Bluff lunch is a quintessential Montessori experience that builds responsibility, self-esteem, cognition, and independence. Here we explain why this daily...
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Adolescents Find Strength in Nature and Community
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack We are immensely grateful that this fall, our Secondary Level adolescents were able to go off into the woods to get away from screens, the media, and the...
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A Montessori Parent’s Reflection: Finding Joy in Winter
Submitted by Margaret J. Kelley A Montessori parent reflects on the past year and shares how challenging times offer us an opportunity to develop the qualities we so admire in others: resilience,...
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Four Montessori-Inspired Activities for the Winter
Submitted by Margaret J. Kelley After a difficult spring, we have enjoyed a summer of relative normalcy and freedom in Illinois. While abiding by restrictions and safety measures, people gathered in...
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A Shared Vision of Peace: How Montessori Embodies the Values of Dr. Martin...
On Monday, January 18, 2021, our nation remembers the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.—a man who dedicated his life to seeking equity for all of humanity. The events of this past year have reminded us...
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Music in the Montessori Classroom
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack & John Dickson Music Lifts Us Up! Those of us working in Forest Bluff’s office often feel separated from the life of the classrooms during this time of COVID...
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How Montessori Fosters Curiosity and Courage
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack When transcribing notes from a recent alumni panel discussion, I realized that two words came up so often that one might mistakenly think we asked the panelists...
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Montessori and the Power of Mental Association
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack I love finding ways that Montessori’s educational approach inherently addresses human needs. When I look at books espousing the best ways to teach, the best ways...
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Putting on a Play in a Pandemic: Let Us Sing!
Submitted by Margaret Kelley “They had no idea how much their lives would change.” This thought has been uttered thousands of times in the last year—maybe millions. It describes how we all have felt...
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Wilderness Trips in a Pandemic: “A Minor Miracle!”
Submitted by Margaret Kelley Every fall, the Montessori Secondary Level students at Forest Bluff School head to the north woods of Wisconsin for a two-week long camping and work trip. This year,...
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Cosmic Education for Gratitude and Respect
Submitted by Laura Earls (Based on her AMI Conference Presentation) Edits and Contributions by Margaret Kelley An Interrelated World Our world has gotten both larger and smaller in the last century....
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Music in the Montessori Classroom
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack & John Dickson Music Lifts Us Up! Those of us working in Forest Bluff’s office often feel separated from the life of the classrooms during this time of COVID...
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How Montessori Fosters Curiosity and Courage
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack When transcribing notes from a recent alumni panel discussion, I realized that two words came up so often that one might mistakenly think we asked the panelists...
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Montessori and the Power of Mental Association
Submitted by Paula Lillard Preschlack I love finding ways that Montessori’s educational approach inherently addresses human needs. When I look at books espousing the best ways to teach, the best ways...
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Putting on a Play in a Pandemic: Let Us Sing!
Submitted by Margaret Kelley “They had no idea how much their lives would change.” This thought has been uttered thousands of times in the last year—maybe millions. It describes how we all have felt...
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Wilderness Trips in a Pandemic: “A Minor Miracle!”
Submitted by Margaret Kelley Every fall, the Montessori Secondary Level students at Forest Bluff School head to the north woods of Wisconsin for a two-week long camping and work trip. This year,...
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Cosmic Education for Gratitude and Respect
Submitted by Laura Earls (Based on her AMI Conference Presentation) Edits and Contributions by Margaret Kelley An Interrelated World Our world has gotten both larger and smaller in the last century....
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Providing Peace in the Pandemic: The Montessori Approach to Living Well in...
Submitted by Laura Earls The past year and a half has brought about so many feelings in all of us. A great deal of our fears during the pandemic come from the feeling of uncertainty. Those who like to...
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Developmentally Appropriate Montessori Gifts
Submitted by Margaret J. Kelley The heart of fall marks the beginning of the holiday season for many religious and cultural traditions. And with the holidays comes the time for buying gifts for loved...
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Sanctuary of the Spirit
Submitted by Paula Polk Lillard (Edits and contributions by Margaret J. Kelley) We have begun this school year with a renewed need for the perspective, courage, and resilience that carried us through...
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