Tracking My Little Class

I mentioned before the Christmas break, that I am working on improving my record keeping and tracking for my little class.  With five students, spanning 4 official Montessori levels (I double up Children’s House), keeping track of where everyone belongs is...

Montessori Homeschooling and My Large Family

What does homeschooling a large family with the Montessori method look like? People I meet at homeschool events always seem impressed when they hear we use Montessori at home.  Everyone seems to have heard of it, usually through online sources, but it always...

Refreshing Spaces

Have you ever heard the saying that everyone wants to quit homeschooling in November and February?  I think February needs no explanation, falling in the long part of the winter for many Northerners.  For me, however, November can be a little bit...

10 Things Montessori Isn’t

When we began homeschooling in the Montessori method well over 5 years ago, there were only a handful of Montessori moms on the internet.  I had to do a lot of study and research to really understand what it meant to be Montessori and how to make that work at...

The Double Edged Assessment Sword

I am not a fan of standardized assessment.  Never have been. Yet here I find myself with a child on the Autism Spectrum and it seems that scales, assessments, and evaluations are the bread and butter for treatment decision making.  As we plan our move and...