If trained guides have a super power, it would be manipulating the environment in order to change behavior. Not exactly a super power, you say? I beg to differ.

Sensitive Periods are among the distinctive phases that occur for children within the First Plane of Development from birth through around age 4.5 to six years (exact timing depends on the specific sensitivity and the child).

The Capstone year within the Montessori environment is magical, unique, and special. Commonly known as the “Kindergarten” year, at Three Tree Montessori School we choose to call this special year the Capstone year.

Over the course of a person’s lifetime there are a myriad of natural “separations” and “attachments” that occur at just the right moment along the developmental continuum.

Children in our toddler and primary classrooms engage in Practical Life work inside the classroom. They learn how to care for themselves (through hair combing, teeth brushing, dressing), clean the leaves of plants, prepare snack, polish a shoe, wash a table, and many other important life skills. Children of these classrooms are interested in learning this practical life work for many reasons.

Parenting is ridiculously hard. So hard that it can lead to pure mental and physical exhaustion. My wife and I have two boys, ages three and five. They challenge every aspect of our being.