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Make Reading a Summertime Priority

Make Reading a Summertime Priority

June 2, 2020 | Education

The “summer slide” is a real thing that happens each year. Studies show that children can lose up to three months of learning over the summer, when young minds sit idle during the 10 weeks that school is out. And with children this year having their...

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Learning at Home with Parents as Teachers

Learning at Home with Parents as Teachers

May 12, 2020 | Education

The COVID-19 pandemic thrust families into having to bring school home. You can easily bring the Montessori principals to your home, which will reinforce what your child has been learning at school. Encouraging independence, order and self-motivation will make ...

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Working With Water

Working With Water

April 21, 2020 | Education

Have you ever wondered where your water goes after you shower, use the dishwasher, or flush the toilet?  Well, Heritage High School is in the business of helping answer these questions. Every school year, a new group of students joins its Environmental Wat...

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Spontaneous Education in Brevard

Spontaneous Education in Brevard

April 3, 2020 | Education

It is a natural occurrence that a child will develop interest in those things he or she encounters in their environment.  They learn by touching and experiencing what is around them. The “active life” of a child is solely in his environment; he...

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Learn to Communicate with Growing Kids

Learn to Communicate with Growing Kids

February 29, 2020 | Education

Let me take you back to fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. After retiring as a juvenile court judge, my experiment of single-day visits to each grade revealed insights I’m sharing with you in a series for EverythingBrevard. My mission: Find out what motivat...

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Observing a Montessori Classroom

Observing a Montessori Classroom

February 28, 2020 | Education

When you walk into a Montessori classroom to observe, you will truly be amazed at the active, engaged, productive children who are enthusiastic about learning. Montessori classrooms are bright, sunny, and full of action. Children will be counting into the thous...

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Viera High School Wind Ensemble to Perform at National Event

Viera High School Wind Ensemble to Perform at National Event

February 3, 2020 | Education

The Viera High School Wind Ensemble is headed to Indianapolis! The 60 students who make up the musical group will join other high school and middle school concert bands, choirs, chamber ensembles, orchestras and percussion ensembles at the Music for All Nationa...

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Mindfulness and Higher Executive Function in Children

Mindfulness and Higher Executive Function in Children

December 18, 2019 | Education

Mindfulness has been associated with well-being and happiness in adults. And it is quite amazing that Dr. Maria Montessori recognized more than 100 years ago that young children need to be nurtured and taught this higher executive function. This led her to deve...

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It’s All Elementary

It’s All Elementary

December 16, 2019 | Education

Part 2 in a Series From Former Juvenile Justice Judge Larry Johnston  In the September issue of EverythingBrevard, I wrote about my experiment of attending grade school after I retired as a juvenile judge. It was nice being a kid again, but I had an ulteri...

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School Garden Club Sows Seeds of Knowledge

School Garden Club Sows Seeds of Knowledge

November 7, 2019 | Education

Students at West Melbourne School for Science are learning valuable lessons about the journey food takes from seed to plate with their garden club. First grade teacher Jenna Meier decided to create the club with second grade teacher, Cassandra Powell. Mrs. Meie...

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Preparing for Separation Emotions

Preparing for Separation Emotions

September 9, 2019 | Education

Every parent wants their child‘s first experience in school to be a great time. But then comes the time to separate; it’s time to hand your child over to a teacher and a school. How do you prepare for this emotional event? What message are you sendi...

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Discover Amazing Concentration in Toddlers

Discover Amazing Concentration in Toddlers

August 8, 2019 | Education

"To stimulate life, leaving it free,  however, to unfold itself,  that is the first duty of the educator." — Maria Montessori   A baby intensely looking at his hands; a toddler looking at a bug with full absorption; this concentration by ba...

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