Willow

Empathy is something that teachers experience constantly in their roles of working with children. Parents and caregivers experience this and model empathy with their children daily. We are all modeling this without even thinking about it. 

In Montessori education, few ideas are as foundational—and as powerful—as interdependence. Dr. Maria Montessori spoke and wrote extensively about this concept: the idea that everything in the world is connected, not just loosely, but deeply and necessarily.

Being a Montessori Guide holds such responsibility in the care of children. Beyond providing academic lessons, we deeply understand the importance of connecting with children. 

I recently had a parent ask me about our food program; the “why” behind what we do. I found myself desperate to tell her about what we do now, what we want to do in the future, and most of all, the reason we have a food program in the first place. Since I live daily with the thoughts of how to make our food program better, more local, more delicious, and more of an experience that inspires our learners…