Education for Peace Archives - Lockhart Learning

16 Oct

Classroom Leadership, Control vs. Influence, Education for Peace, Peace/Harmony, Self Care

Leading from Behind

October 16, 2024
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In Montessori, much of what we do involves setting the stage for children to become their best selves academically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. We do not normalize children; we create the environment...

07 Oct

Classroom Leadership, Community/Social Environment, Education for Peace, Environments, Peace/Harmony

Beyond the ROSE

When I talk to experienced Montessorians about what is different in their post-COVID classrooms, one of the most common responses I hear is that children do not remember (or never experienced) how...

19 Aug

Classroom Leadership, Community/Social Environment, Education for Peace, Routines and Rituals, Self Care

Planning Refreshments

September 16, 2021
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Welcome to the cusp of yet another new year! Some schools have already received children; others are in their final approach. We have planned and prepared our physical and logistical environments to...

23 Dec

Education for Peace, Peace/Harmony, Transformation of the Adult

Resolution – Happiness in the New Year

December 27, 2020
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My grandmother was a woman full of homespun wisdom. One of the things that she said when things didn’t go according to hopes or plans was, “You can get used to anything...

01 May

Control vs. Influence, Education for Peace, Peace/Harmony, Remodeling Paradigms

Sink or Swim?

May 1, 2020
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Have you heard the news? There sure is a lot of it these days! I have come to the conclusion that whatever news you are looking for you can...

09 Apr

Balance, Education for Peace, Remodeling Paradigms, Routines and Rituals, Self Care, Transformation of the Adult

Hope. And Vision.

April 12, 2020
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In the last two weeks, we have seen a change in COVID-19 coverage – a slight shift in focus from “duck and hunker down” to “what to brace for in the coming...

06 Mar

Balance, Classroom Leadership, Control vs. Influence, Education for Peace, Healing Self-Image, Implementing Montessori Philosophy, Remodeling Paradigms, Self Care, Transformation of the Adult

Health, Happiness, & Longevity

March 5, 2020
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The other day, I jumped into the car to run errands and caught the last 30 seconds of a radio interview with a new author. ...

21 Feb

Education for Peace, Forgiveness, Gratitude/Empathy, Peace/Harmony, Remodeling Paradigms, Transformation of the Adult, Uncategorized Musings

Habits of the Heart

February 19, 2020
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Every Presidents’ Weekend, interns return to our training center for assessments, instruction, and time to share discoveries with one another. It is a harbinger of spring, a little like the swallows returning to Capistrano. ...

07 Feb

Community/Social Environment, Education for Peace, Implementing Montessori Philosophy, Peace/Harmony

Tipping the Scales

February 6, 2020
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I was recently invited to write an article for the CGMS newsletter on bullying. Since this is an unfortunately common problem and a timely topic, I am republishing the article here...

17 Jan

Education for Peace

Practicing Radical Peace

January 17, 2020
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As schoolchildren around the US know, Monday is set aside for the celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was a martyr for the cause of racial...

10 Jan

Education for Peace, Executive Function, Peace/Harmony

Pick Up What I Am Laying Down!

January 8, 2020
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I have been thinking a lot lately about hearing and being heard. Yesterday, while working at my kitchen table, I heard a dove. I couldn’t see it, but my...

20 Dec

Education for Peace, Healing Self-Image, Peace/Harmony, Transformation of the Adult

Unconditional Love

December 23, 2019
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It has been said that family is the people who, when we knock on the door, have to let us in. I like that - it reflects the unquestionable value of the...

13 Dec

Education for Peace, Forgiveness, Peace/Harmony, Routines and Rituals, Transformation of the Adult

Establishing a Stress-Free Zone

December 23, 2019
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This is the time of year when posts start popping up on social media commiserating with teachers in the last days before winter break pop up, proclaiming, “There’s no tired like teacher-before-winter-break tired,” or...

06 Dec

Education for Peace, Implementing Montessori Philosophy, Peace/Harmony, Transformation of the Adult

The Power of Humility

December 23, 2019
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Anyone who has tried to create an “elevator speech” to explain Montessori education has experienced both the power and the challenge to our method: it is so multi-dimensional that it is impossible...

22 Nov

Classroom Leadership, Community/Social Environment, Education for Peace, Peace/Harmony

Mindful Interactions

December 23, 2019
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Years and years ago, a colleague returned from a Montessori conference with a list of the qualities that our interactions with one another can take on. It was expressed as a scale...

15 Nov

Classroom Leadership, Classroom Management, Community/Social Environment, Education for Peace, Environments, Gratitude/Empathy, Peace/Harmony, Transformation of the Adult

Do You See What I See?

December 23, 2019
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I love the Sunday funnies. Give me the color comics and a perfectly made cappuccino and I am guaranteed 30 minutes of bliss - and some occasional pearls of wisdom. Two weeks ago, there...

08 Nov

Classroom Leadership, Classroom Management, Community/Social Environment, Cosmic Education, Education for Peace, Normalization, Peace/Harmony

Connectivity

December 23, 2019
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Occasionally, I have an experience that is so profound that I feel I simply must share it. Sunday evening’s All Souls Procession in Tucson, Arizona was one of those occasions.

25 Oct

Classroom Leadership, Classroom Management, Control vs. Influence, Education for Peace, Peace/Harmony

Good Drama/Bad Drama IV: Control Issues

December 23, 2019
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In broader educational circles, October is sometimes thought of as a time of the doldrums, when everything becomes a bit too routine. It is midway between the exciting start to the school year...

18 Oct

Classroom Leadership, Classroom Management, Community/Social Environment, Education for Peace, Environments, Forgiveness, Gratitude/Empathy, Implementing Montessori Philosophy, Peace/Harmony

Good Drama/Bad Drama III: Hurt Feelings and Put-downs

December 23, 2019
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Have you ever had your feelings hurt? Of course, you have – it is part of life! Every time we put ourselves “out there” we risk having someone respond in an unexpected way. Sometimes, the...

11 Oct

Classroom Leadership, Education for Peace, Gratitude/Empathy, Peace/Harmony

Good Drama/Bad Drama II: Tattling and Tootling

December 23, 2019
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Last week’s blog talked about creating opportunities in the classroom for good drama, lessening the need for bad drama; this week we begin a series of blogs addressing specific “bad drama” behaviors...

04 Oct

Community/Social Environment, Education for Peace, Routines and Rituals

Good Drama/Bad Drama

December 23, 2019
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October! Already! By now we are seeing not only a change in the weather and in the flora and fauna, we are seeing a change in our classrooms; we are settling into a routine. Just...