By: Tammy Swanson (1/26/12)   People have complimented me on many things throughout my life: my intelligence, ability to abstract, and creativity, to name a few. Yet, I have never heard a soul utter praise as to my practicality, coordination, or common sense. In fact, I’ve heard the opposite: “Seriously, Tammy? Doing it this…

By: Niki Anconetani   (1/12/12) When my daughter, Layla, was learning to walk my husband and I decided not to hold her hand to help her practice unless her safety was in question.  When we would see other relatives holding her hands to keep her from wobbling we would kindly tell them that we…

By: Cass Aitken (12/15/11) There are so many awe inspiring and mind blowing activities that go on in the Elementary building.  I have had the opportunity to witness a few (the Great Lessons, and the children’s oral presentations about their research), and I hear about many more from my two daughters.  Most of the…

By:  April Powell   (11/17/11) Recently, Sra. Anna wrote about “The Peace Vibe,” (www.oakhavenmontessori.net/why-oakhaven/the-peace-vibe/) which is an essential component (and, in fact, the goal) of Montessori education.  It is quite impressive how this is, indeed, a common factor of all true Montessori schools worldwide.  This really got me thinking: given the current condition of our…

  Larry Page and Sergey Brin discuss their experience as Montessori students.

By:  Anna Schwind   (11/3/11) A few days ago, my reality shifted.  On October 20, 2011, a man who had been the tyrannical ruler of Libya for longer than I have been conscious of countries and rulers was killed.  Throughout my life, Ghadafi was synonymous with Libya.  It was a fixed point, immutable.  But now…

By:  Judy Henrichs   (9/22/11) It still bugs me that the instruction booklet must have been thrown away inadvertently with the packaging in the delivery room when our daughter was born.  So here we were, new parents, fumbling through trying to help this precious life construct herself.  So we did what everyone else does who…