Building Compassion
cdelorenzo June 5, 2024
“Children are so responsive that if you treat your child with kindness and consideration he too will be kind”. (Montessori, 2007). Empathy is the awareness ...
The Power of Class Meetings
cdelorenzo March 27, 2024
“There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation rather than ...
Mistakes are an Opportunity to Learn
cdelorenzo March 27, 2024
The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not by being told he is naughty. Discipline is, there- fore, primarily ...
Maintaining Limits Podcast
cdelorenzo March 1, 2024
I had a wonderful opportunity to talk with Tamara Balis of Greenspring Center for Lifelong Learning. I hope you enjoy this podcast on maintaining limits ...
When We Steal the Struggle, We Steal the Victory
cdelorenzo January 11, 2024
We must remember that the phenomenon of internal discipline is something which must be achieved, not something pre-existent. Our function is that of guides upon ...
Challenge: Interruptions
cdelorenzo December 5, 2023
What is social life if not the solving of social problems, behaving properly and pursuing aims acceptable to all? (Montessori, 1988, p. 225) One of ...
Act, Don’t Talk
cdelorenzo October 31, 2023
“She must acquire a moral alertness which has not hitherto been demanded by any other system, and this is revealed in her tranquility, patience, charity, ...
Challenge: Dysregulation
cdelorenzo September 29, 2023
“Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty – control bringing with it happiness, renewed ...
Grace and Courtesy in a Post-Pandemic World
cdelorenzo August 20, 2023
SEL or Grace and Courtesy Skills? Recently, I have been receiving several questions about SEL (social-emotional learning) programs as they relate to Grace and Courtesy ...
Challenge: Circle Behavior – Part II
cdelorenzo June 21, 2023
The instructions of the teacher consist then merely in a hint, a touch-enough to give a start to the child. The rest develops of itself. ...
Challenge: Circle Behavior – Part I
cdelorenzo May 18, 2023
By changing the center from the adult — and adult values — to the child, and his values, we should change the whole path of ...
Getting on the Same Page
cdelorenzo February 8, 2023
Now the adult himself is part of the child’s environment. ~ Maria Montessori, The Secret of Childhood Have you ever noticed how sensitive children are ...