A DMS Manifesto
by Cecelia Romero Likes I’ve been a part of the DMS community since I moved to Santa Fe almost five years ago. I’ll admit, I was a little reluctant at first. I came from teaching in a traditional environment working with young children for over 10 years and I was so...
A Montessori Story, pt. 2
Montessori’s Narrative Curriculum framework by Chris von Lersner As thinking adults, there’s so much we want our children to know. In the past, adults who wanted to provide a rigorous education simply decided what children “should” learn, then hammered out a...
A Montessori Story
“…the Cosmic Plan can be presented to the child, as a thrilling tale of the earth we live in….” — Maria Montessori Part 1. An involuntary hiatus leads to a landmark Educational Innovation In 1940, when Maria Montessori was already 70 years old, WW2 broke...