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Blanca, a Guidepost Parent, shares her perspective of incorporating Montessori at Home with her toddler via her Instagram account, @whole.child.home. We have pulled a few excerpts to feature here in our Montessori at Home video series!

With civil unrest permeating the news cycle, and the national conversation swirling around discrimination, brutality, and race, your elementary child is bound to have questions, even if they are not voiced.

Has your family begun to implement the Family Framework at home? We are sharing some ideas from parents about how this can look in your home with DIY Montessori materials to workspace tours.

What will school look like when we are ready to return, both in terms of what the child will experience – and then secondly, the parent experience?

How do children’s needs change during this period of growth, and how should learning – especially if delivered virtually during today’s circumstances – cater to the elementary child?

As families respond to the newest orders to slowly return back to work in some states, more workers will qualify for the Emergency Childcare for Essential Workers program. Learn more about how the program has already helped many families!

Many parents know Berenice from her time teaching in toddler communities, doing parent consultations with Monti Kids, and online from co-running the Montessori Toddler Facebook community. Now, she's helping families implement Montessori at home!

One of the most popular questions parents have with our new Parent Concierge service is how to prepare their children's home spaces using Montessori's principles of a Prepared Environment. Joel Mendes of the Prepared Montessorian shares his tips!

A Q&A with Lisa Kathleen, AMI-trained Educator, Parent Coach and manager with Higher Ground Education’s Prepared Montessorian Team

Working to become a more prepared parent is not rooted in trying to achieve more than is possible, but it is rooted in optimism that – with a ton of grace – we can redirect what energy we do have to make the most of this situation we are in.

Enforcing a week-day routine that is distinguishable from our weekend routine is essential, but I’ve realized that sticking to a new routine is only successful if I can identify the limits and boundaries that will bring consistency to our routine.

What are the silver linings? Here are seven simple practices for making this challenging time more manageable for parents and children.

In speaking with your children about Coronavirus, including preventative measures, as well as any school closures that become necessary, there are some key goals to keep in mind.

Guidepost Montessori is hosting a webinar series on Montessori, child development and parenting topics!

In elementary, children can analyze, compare, contrast, determine relationships, identify patterns, and recombine those concepts and images into novel ideas using their imaginations and intellects.

An enticing box full of tiny stamps and several ink pads of different shades are a staple on the geography shelf of any Montessori elementary classroom.

The term Montessori is not trademarked. So Guidepost Montessori prides itself on hiring guides, retaining guides and offering ongoing professional development to deliver an authentic Montessori education.

As someone who offers leadership development for university professionals and is a father to a Montessori child, Alex has a unique perspective on the value of Montessori and how it prepares children for the workforce of the future.

The calm orderliness of the child from birth to 6 years old gives way to the elementary-age child with a fully formed social personality that craves interaction.

Maria Montessori deeply understood the great power of storytelling across cultures when devising her method for the elementary child.

At Guidepost Montessori, we train our educators and continue to support their professional growth.

Montessori parent Jenna Wawrzyniec describes what it's like to work full time and raise Montessori children.

The work journal is a booklet, notebook, diary, or composition book that the elementary child uses to keep his own work records. He typically notes the time he started an activity and the name of it.

The smooth, shiny, vibrant geometric solids beckon from the shelves of any Children’s House or Montessori Elementary classroom.

There is so much more Montessori can offer the older child that builds on the excellent preparation your child has received in the Children’s House.

Small, interactive group work provides an exceptional learning experience for Montessori students.

Dolores Murgolo and Tomeka Bostic helped to opened two Guidepost schools together in North Carolina.

Video: Salem Islas-Madlo is an Assistant Guide in Vienna and offers bilingual lessons

Many parents experienced rote memorization in their own childhood education, but Montessori can offer a path for more meaningful learning.

Grammar Boxes take up a lot of real estate on the language shelves of a Montessori elementary classroom, and for good reason!

Mother to third-grade student in Vienna appreciates bilingual international concept: 'We were very lucky to come across Guidepost Montessori.'

The field trip — a museum tour, a historical site, perhaps a live show at a theater — is a quintessential part of the school experience.

One of the most important tasks for a Montessori guide is to foster independence in her students. This crucial skill is taught to children in every community, from Nido to Elementary.

One of the ways to make Montessori concepts more familiar is to place them in a modern workplace setting.

In a Montessori elementary classroom, there is a hum of activity and collaboration. Learn about group lessons, going out, cooking activities and more from this engaged community of learners.

Guest columnist Ms. Castillo, an Upper Elementary Lead Guide at Hollywood Beach, offers insight on welcoming conflict and teaching children the skills needed to resolve it independently.

Learn about a collection of stories that are presented in the beginning of the school year in elementary classrooms.

How do you know if your child is suitable for Montessori? Why does Montessori not have homework? What is your child learning in a Montessori classroom? Learn all about this century-old, child-centered method of education.

We're eager to catch up with our children after an exciting school day, but acknowledge that the child needs to decompress, recharge, and take a deep breath, too.

Guidepost Montessori offers your child an exceptionally personalized learning experience, meeting your child where they are, and guiding them to where they want to be.

Separation anxiety can be troublesome for both the parent and the child, but it doesn’t have to be this way! Parents deserve to trust our children are in the right place, so before you approach mornings in fear, start here.

Children seek independence from a very young age. How can we, as parents, guardians or educators, aid them in their quest to "do it by themselves?"

The Montessori Method of education, developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, is a knowledge-rich, child-centered educational approach.