MSOSV Spring Gardens are Open When I meet young adults, and they tell me they attended a Montessori School as a child, either in my school or another Montessori school, I ask them to share something they remember about the Montessori school. Answers are typically: “I remember peeling a carrot” “I remember making my own snack, spreading jam on a cracker, then getting to eat it” “I remember being with Ms. Colleen in the garden” “I remember this garden being so much bigger” While students in a fully implemented Montessori classroom are fully immersed in academic work,

The Montessori Road to Writing and Reading The Montessori environment is rich in language.  Whether through conversation or language games, the young child is surrounded by vocabulary on their path to writing and reading in the Montessori classroom. At the Montessori School of Silicon Valley, we use a phonetic approach to writing and reading.   Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing by developing the ability to hear and identify sounds of the English language. Dr. Maria Montessori believed that writing comes before reading.  Her position was that writing is the thought

As we begin to wind down this very unique and unusual year, I would like to start by taking a look back. Before I begin, I would like it to be clear that what follows is my own personal experience. I am the founder and CEO of 4 Montessori preschools in the Bay Area of California. Before the pandemic we were flourishing with 300+ students and 60+ staff members in our schools. A Bit of History I started out in the year 2000, just after my youngest son was born. I had