2020 NewGate School Seniors Interview
Three Rules for Positively Guiding Toddlers
How do we decide when a toddler's behavior is inappropriate? Together we will discuss the questions to ask ourselves before we intervene in a child's play. Then, we will consider three simple, easy to understand rules that aid toddlers' understanding, support...
The Courage To Be a Montessori Parent
By Joyce St. Giermaine Montessori is great for little children but that's it! Montessori is warm and fuzzy. Children enjoy it, but the real world isn't warm and fuzzy. They have to grow up sometime. I'm worried that Montessori shelters my child from life. Your...
Helping Your School Community Navigate Current Catastrophic World Events: Anchoring Our Responses in Montessori Values
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Some Of Our Favorite Supplies For An Art Area In Your Home
“As well as being part of our history and a way of understanding other people’s experiences, art is also a form of personal expression, like poetry, song, dance, and telling stories. It is a form of human connection that can evoke feelings, thoughts, and hopefully...
MOVIE REVIEW: The Biggest Little Farm
A documentary produced this year is our top pick for all elementary-on-up children, educators, and parents to watch. It’s called The Biggest Little Farm. In 2009, a California cinematographer and a food blogger met and married. The Biggest Little Farm follows the...
DEAR CATHIE: A CONCERNED PARENT
DEAR CATHIE— I have visited a number of Montessori schools as we consider a placement for our 3 and 4 year old children next year. I see the children all busy on different projects, and it all looks great. But can it really work? How can one teacher, even with an...
BOOK REVIEWS assembled by Lorna McGrath
Animals Reviewed by Association of Zoos & Aquariums Elementary and middle school children, along with their parents and teachers, will love this book. It is a hilarious review of wild animals from around the world! Each animal is rated in a humorous way that tells...
BOOK REVIEWS by NewGate Secondary Students
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo If you like complex characters, a thrilling story, and Victorianesque setting, then you will love Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. This book tells the story of a convict, a sharpshooter, a runaway, a spy, a heart render, and a thief who...
Montessori Grandparenting: We Are All Stewards of the Earth
Have you been observing this young student from Sweden? Greta Thunberg is a teenager who is credited with raising global awareness of the risks posed by global warming/climate change, and with holding politicians accountable for their lack of action on the climate...
Parenting 101: How Giving A Simple Direction Can Create Clarity
Quite often with a 3-, 4- or 5-year-old, there’s a lot of grey areas when they’re testing boundaries and you’re not sure a break is necessary—maybe he’s touching the baby’s face and he’s looking at you and he’s got this look in his eye like he’s thinking, “Can I do...
Health & Wellness: The New Rules of Peanut Allergies: What Concerned Parents Need to Know
by Libby Ryan and Nicole Harris Updated September 16, 2019 from Parents.com New guidelines encourage us to introduce peanuts to all kids much earlier. Plus, the FDA recently supported development of a drug aimed at lessening the severity of allergic reactions from...