At times, the world can beat a path to our children’s doors leading them into an anxiety-filled adult world. This steady news stream-war, crime, injustice and tragedy-is seen and heard 24/7 from TV and radio to Internet headlines and news on devices. Bad news creates stress! …

Is it a surprise that one-third of children between the ages of seven and nine are using social media applications on their cell phones or tablets? Or that one in two adolescents aged 10 to 12 views and uses them? According to a report from children’s health researchers at the…

Perhaps the best outgrowth of watching a Montessori elementary school in action is seeing how peer-age learning helps both younger and older students grow while preventing bullying. Montessori elementary school teachers engage and embrace two-way student partnership from the start by pairing children of various ages together. …

Choosing the best school to fit your child’s needs and strengths-whether it’s traditional, parochial, private or homeschooling-can often be decided only after internally answering dozens of questions in both qualitative and quantitative areas. …

A major decision for parents is choosing an elementary school for their children. Often, it is part of a larger decision: picking up stakes and moving in search of a private elementary school or traditional elementary school? To help make those decisions, here are some specific elements that GreatSchools.org recommends…

Historically, Montessori students do better mastering specific tasks than their counterparts in traditional schools primarily due to what, when and where preschoolers are taught. Traditional School Methodology By the time a five or six year-old enters a California public Kindergarten school, a teacher can quickly spot who has not attended Toddler and Primary…

Are you struggling with how to help your child to focus? Your child grows every day in every way. Literally, a parent can see and feel that growth as their child’s mind, body and soul processes each new day’s experience-academically, emotionally, and socially. …

Parents are often besieged with conflict at the dinner table. As an outgrowth of that problem, here are some helpful hints on how to win the battles that will win the war. To begin, let’s learn your child’s viewpoint when it comes to food: * Children have 10,000 taste buds-twice…

Although millions of American children attend Montessori school primary programs, an overwhelming majority are uprooted following Kindergarten and placed into traditional elementary schools rather than continuing Montessori methodology through Grade Six. Why? Here are three Montessori elementary school misperceptions and realities. Montessori Elementary School Misperceptions Misperception #1-Montessori schools are only for preschool-aged kids