Community Montessori

  • Lifelong learning–Montessori book recommendations

    Here at Community Montessori we are huge proponents of lifelong learning. Both the Head of School Ms. Cathyraye Hyland and the Assistant Head of School Ms. Hope Speaker returned to university as adults to acquire Master’s degrees in education, as well as Washington State teaching credentials in order to better serve our community of learners.…

  • The Staying Power of a Montessori Philosophy

    Educational philosophies come and go. Some things that seem to be a magic bullet to fix things for all children don’t pan out, and there is always a new idea to try. That is one of the amazing things about human beings–we always have another idea, and we never truly quit. We will always find…

  • Enroll Your K-8 Student in Summer Self-Directed Learning Program

    Two school-age students working on writing. Every year as school lets out and summertime rolls around, many parents are left in the lurch trying to cobble together summer care for their younger school-aged children. For many of us, this is a stressful endeavor involving careful planning between week-long camps here and there and the assistance…

  • 3 is a Magic Number

    The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. Jonas Salk The three-hour work cycle is a central tenet of Montessori education. These periods of uninterrupted work time are a vital component of learning persistence, responsibility, and how to work meaningfully. Students within a Montessori environment have the time and space to…

  • Freedom Within Limits: Democracy in the Classroom

    In the United States, we are all members of a Democratic society in which we have both the right and the responsibility to participate in our own governance. How, then, do we expect our children and young people to learn and practice these skills? Some of these young people, able to participate in our Democratic…

  • Low-tech, high impact

    Community Montessori is something of a rarity in the education space—a school with absolutely no screen time or online component to our curriculum. There are no iPads, Chromebooks, or televisions. There is no Google Classroom, Zoom classes, or Kahoot. Why are we so adamant in our avoidance of educational technology? After all, many local public…