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"Dear Ask a Montessorian, I've been teaching for five years with roughly the same staff.  Next year, two new leads and one new assistant will join our staff, and they are trained at institutes that are quite different than mine.  We've already had a few conversations that start with, 'in my training, we don’t...' and I'm worried that we'll have ...
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'Dear Ask a Montessorian, my Lower Elementary child recently shared that she wants to be a vegan like she's seen her uncle and aunt doing.  I'm worried about her getting enough nutrition.  What would you recommend?'  I share your concern regarding your daughter’s interest in becoming a vegan and meeting her daily nutritional requirements. It is ...
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Dear Ask a Montessorian, help!  I would love ideas on handwriting lessons with kindergartners. Right now we have small groups. I write words on a dry erase board and they write them on lined paper, but what other ways can they practice? Thank you for your question.  There are many creative and engaging ways that Kindergartners can practice refining ...
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My six-year-old daughter is addicted to sugar. From morning to night all she wants is junk food and sugary snacks. I find protein bar wrappers stuffed under her mattress. Help!!  This is the cry of many families these days – sugar, sugar, sugar. To quote Robert Lustig, author, pediatric endocrinologist, and Sugar, the Bitter Truth guru, “We’re ...
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Dear Ask a Montessorian, soon a student will switch from their public school to grade 5 at our Montessori school. How realistic is it to make the transition academically viable? I’m Early Childhood trained and know that hands on experience with the materials is very important in the early years.  Are these materials still required as a foundation ...
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