Montessori Habitat School

05/22/2022

Sending our gratitude and love to the very many who have shared their love of learning with our students.

Rebecca Varney met Vernard Lewis at an entomology museum, where he let her hold a hissing cockroach and a live scorpion, and told her she could get something called a PhD and spend her life researching bugs.

03/02/2022

The snowdrops are blooming! It warms our hearts to see our students grow too!

09/01/2021

“Dr. Masten said resilience is less a specific trait and more a network of overlapping ones, like flexibility, confidence and even societal supports, like health care and schooling. But the crucial part is that children feel safe and supported. In order to weather a storm, you need a solid shelter.”

The ability to bounce back is more important now than ever; here’s how to impart it

08/24/2021

What kind of mask offers the best protection for children?

This year’s back-to-school supply list has an important line item: face masks. Here's how to choose the best mask for your child, when to wash it and how to get them to wear it all day.

06/21/2021

Happy Pollinator Week!

“Young children are invariably enchanted by insects, especially brightly colored insects that float through the air as if made of air itself, as if painted by fairies and set free on the wind to make wishes come true.”

Stop using pesticides, in your butterfly garden and everywhere else.

05/06/2021

“The attention, support, honesty, sharing and understanding the child receives during this time of grief will help them create an emotional template for the human losses that will inevitably come their way.”

The process of acceptance and letting go builds the resilience necessary to navigate an array of life’s obstacles.

09/25/2020

“With friends and family, we relax; we take off our masks and aren’t as strict about policing our kids’ social distancing. But this isn’t a good idea, Dr. Arwady warned.”

Experts warn that seemingly harmless interactions with close family and friends may be driving the spread of Covid.

09/07/2020

"Life in the open air, in the sunshine, and a diet high in nutritional content coming from the produce of neighbouring fields improve the physical health, while the calm surroundings, the silence, the wonders of nature satisfy the need of the adolescent mind for reflection and meditation."
~ Maria Montessori
From Childhood to Adolescence, p. 67

Forget backpacks and binders. Here are the essentials teenagers will need for the strange school year ahead.

08/31/2020

“If we are among the men of good will who yearn for peace, we must lay the foundation for peace ourselves, by working for the social world of the child.” —International Montessori Congress, 1937

AUGUST 31, 2020—On Dr. Maria Montessori’s sesquicentennial birthday, we pause to recognize, honor, and celebrate her influence on our world. This letter to her serves as a thank you note on behalf of the entire Montessori community and all those who have been impacted by the transformative natur...

08/18/2020

Do you see the little legs of the tadpole? Ever so thin and developing, yet one day they will be powerful jumping legs! Nature studies are filled with such awe and wonder. Many thanks to Sebastian for carefully sharing his frog and tadpole discovery!