The school year has begun! It’s a good time to consider what you need to do NOW in order to help your child succeed in academics later and reading is top at the top of the list. Having your child at ...
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Promoting Independence/ Child Development Milestones
How Kids Learn Math at a Montessori School
In my former Montessori-school-owner life, I was a math teacher. I taught 7th and 8th grades but mostly Algebra and LOVED changing the minds of my students from intimidated to confident. The key to ...
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How Kids Learn to Read at a Montessori School
Here at Jarrell Montessori, we are asked in virtually every tour how we teach reading. It’s actually based on phonics, which makes it sound basic, yet the process is anything but. It’s a multi-layered ...
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Ready, Set, Go Potty! Making the Leap from Diapers to Toilet (and how Jarrell Montessori supports your potty training at home)
Let’s talk about potty training. At our Montessori preschool, we see a lot of exciting milestones—first friendships, first time writing their name, and yes, that triumphant moment when a child proudly ...
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How we teach independence in a Montessori setting
From the beginning, I wanted my own child, John, to be independent. I was always looking to the next stage and how best to get him there: potty training at two and a half years old, putting sippy cups ...
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How to bring the Montessori Philosophy home
Usually families who discover our school have never heard of Montessori before, but once they've had a taste of how well their child does in a Montessori environment...the independence, the ...
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How to encourage independent dressing at home!
You may have seen a quote from time to time in your classroom's Weekly Update by Maria Montessori, "Never help a child with a task at which he can succeed." We have this quote in our tour folder, too. ...
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Why dropping off your child before 8AM is SO important to their success!
After 16 years in business, I've watched parents drop off their child probably thousands of times, observing them on and off the rest of the day through the observation window as I walk around the ...
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