The Power of Positive Language
As we find our rhythm to the start of a new school year, you may be noticing your child presenting with new, sometimes challenging,...
WHAT IS MONTESSORI? 10 KEY PRINCIPLES PARENTS SHOULD KNOW
For our last Montessori Message of the school year, we invite you to read and refresh yourself on the 10 key principles of a Montessori...
Multi-Age Classrooms: A Hallmark of Montessori
As we prepare to embark on our American Montessori Society accreditation process here at Pine Grove, one of the exciting changes that we...
"Regulating Your Own Emotions"
December 2023 Continuing on the topic of emotional agility, our next Montessori Message focuses on the importance of adults regulating...
"Teaching Your Child Emotional Agility"
September 2023 Last March, at the American Montessori Society’s annual conference in Boston, Dr. Susan David, author of the book,...
"Empathy, Kids, and Nature"
April 2023 In connection with our third Peace curriculum rotation, Peace with Nature, and our school-wide focus on empathy, please enjoy...
"Teaching Kids How to Deal With Conflict"
February 2023 Our peace curriculum has moved into “Peace with Others” as the primary focus of our peace circles. The children have begun...
“Yes, 2-Year Olds are Capable of Empathy-Here’s How to Encourage the Essential Skill”
November 2022 Below is our second Montessori message of the school year focusing on the topic of empathy. Although the title of the...
“Empathy: What it is, Why it Matters and How You Can Improve”
October 2022 Excerpts from: mastersincommunications.org Empathy is a word that is used often by many people. It’s commonly known that...
Setting Limits
March 2022 Respect is one of the cornerstones of the Montessori philosophy. We respect our children as individuals and teach them to...