How (and why) to Create Emotional Safety for our Kids

By Lena Aburdene Derhally

An Ordinary Life Extraordinarily Lived

What do you want for your child’s future?

The other day I took a call from a prospective parent. I had not given her tour, and she was calling to talk to the director and ask a few questions. She wanted to know if I knew the national average ACT or SAT scores for Montessori alumni. I had to admit that I don’t, and I am not aware of anyone who has narrowed down that population for that sort of study. I asked her what she was looking for in that question. She told me that what she wanted was for her daughter to be happy.

A Parent's Role: How it Differs from that of a Guide

Written by: Donna Bryant Goertz

At Home

Since leaving the classroom recently, after thirty-some years in the delightful company of children, I have spent a considerable portion of my time leading the development of the parent education programs for our school. It has given me a new and different joy, and a great appreciation for parents. It is an honor to work so closely with parents who are the primary educators of our children, who are the children’s models, their supporters, and their greatest source of love and admiration.

At Home

There is a very crucial stage in which children need to be at home or a home-like environment that provides the necessary activities to become independent. They need to be comfortable and know where things are. If their environments are to be changing daily there is no structure and therefore no routine. Children like to have order and they crave it. They like to know where their things are and where things belong. They like to know what is expected of them, to have a routine, to have some discipline, and to become confident in that environment. Many changes and constant change someti

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