In this article, I elaborate on how to create a home environment that supports your child’s learning development and aligns with the school. The intention is not to replicate the classroom, but to create a home environment that supports your child’s learning to be consistent with what he/she learns ...
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Montessori Elementary: The “Why” of Cosmic Education
“The cosmic plan of education for the elementary child is to help him understand the universe and man’s place in it.”Margaret Stephenson, prominent Montessori theoretician and trainer
Cosmic Education exposes the child to the universe so that she will understand relationships and respond to ...
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Cosmic Education: The Montessori Elementary Program
Maria Montessori called her plan for the elementary-aged child, “Cosmic Education”, referencing her conviction that the limits of the course of study extend into the cosmos. The child in the elementary years is characterized by an intellectual ability to reason and imagine, a sociable nature, a ...
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Thanksgiving Celebration in Phoenixville Primary Classroom
Parents - Thank you for coming and celebrating Thanksgiving in our classroom. Your children have been excitedly expecting to work with you in the class. We can see so many proud happy faces working together with his/her parents and vice versa. We captured some precious moments shared in the gallery ...
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The Power of Order
You may have heard a lot of parenting advice saying, “The key to parenting is consistency. You have to be consistent with your children.” What is consistency? And how does consistency work according to the world of Montessori? How can you, as parents, help your child through offering ...
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Fall in the VFKH Elementary Classroom
We had a delightful early school year in the Elementary classroom with returning students re-adjusting to working directly with the Lead Guide in-person after a year of distance learning and our first-year friends becoming acclimated to the unique character of the Montessori Elementary ...
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Meet Ms. Tjokro
I was born with the name, Megawati (she who has a cloud) Tjokro (chokro), in a small country of islands in Southeast Asia named Indonesia in the capital city of Jakarta. During my childhood, I lived more with my grandparents than my parents.
My grandparents owned the best Chinese restaurant in ...
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Get to Know Mrs. Barr
Hello, VFKH Families! Let me tell you a little bit about myself.
I was the kid who hated school, but always wanted to be a teacher. I always enjoyed playing with, then, taking care of younger children and babysitting.
In high school, I got a few chances to take my teaching career ambitions ...
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