From the AMS Blog: "Child Trauma: Helping Your Child Build Resilience to Manage Adversity"
What constitutes trauma, and what kinds of experiences bring it about? Why are some children more resilient when it comes to traumatic experiences, and what are the effects on those children who are unable to cope? We address these fundamental questions below.
From Montessori Life Magazine: "Moving Through Struggle"
Using physical movement for mindfulness and emotional regulation to navigate trauma and stress.
From the AMS Blog: "A Guide to Less Stressful Days: 10 Essential Habits for Teachers"
In teaching, our habits, especially those for organization, can make either a peaceful or a hectic school day. The good news is that once you’re aware of the habits contributing to your hectic days, you can change them.
From the AMS Blog: "Beyond Three-Part Cards: Winter Botany Lessons on the Poinsettia"
The poinsettia may be overlooked in terms of the lessons it provides not only in botany, but in history, geography, research, vocabulary, writing, ecology, and environmental stewardship.
From the AMS Blog: "Beyond Three-Part Cards: Winter Botany Lessons on Conifers"
There is so much more to the living world of plants than the parts of which they are made. Finding alternatives to marching through the nomenclature systematically can add meaning and relevance to botany lessons
From the AMS Blog: "Evergreen School Opens Pine Cone Park, a Montessori-Inspired Outdoor Play Space"
Understanding and valuing the importance of nature and the outdoor environment, Evergreen School, in Silver Spring, MD, set out to develop a Montessori-inspired outdoor play space
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