Elementary

So, What is Montessori Anyway?

Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in Chiaravalle, Italy.  She graduated from the University of Rome as one of Italy’s first female physicians at a time when many women never made it past grade school.  She became the director of the Orthophrenic School for developmentally disabled children in 1900, where she began to extensively research…
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7 ways to keep your child learning this summer

(BPT) – When school dismisses for the summer, parents across the country worry about how much their children will forget over the vacation months. Will all those hours helping them with math and reading dissolve with the carefree hours spent at the pool or playground? “While a break from the long days of school is…
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Top 10 Children’s Books

                            Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown      Acclaimed for its soft poetry, exalting it as the prime example of a bedtime story      Other books by Brown: Runaway Bunny, The Sailor Dog, and Little Fur Family   Where the…
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Winter Camps in Roanoke Round Up

As the holidays draw closer, I can’t stop thinking about one thing. How in the world am I going to keep my kid busy during winter break??   I am a parent of a new kindergartener, so you’d think I remember from the past 4 years, but school has spoiled me and my child! She…
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Public School or Private School? Do your homework …

All parents at some point are likely to have the discussion as their children start to