Routines and Rituals – Lockhart Learning

08 Nov

Classroom Leadership, Community/Social Environment, Gratitude/Empathy, Normalization, Observation, Routines and Rituals

Gratitude: An Empathy Superpower

November 8, 2024
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
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With the sugar highs of Halloween beginning to recede, the race to the end of 2024 has begun! Pressures to prepare for upcoming gift-giving holidays and end-of-year celebrations are inescapable. But between...

01 Aug

Classroom Leadership, Community/Social Environment, Environments, Routines and Rituals

Prepare to Launch!

August 12, 2024
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
Before Children Arrive, New School Year, The Prepared Adult
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Happy New (School) Year! This is the time when seasoned guides and freshly minted Montessorians alike are entering into what I call The Time of Great Anticipation. I love this opportunity for creative...

02 Sep

Implementing Montessori Philosophy, Normalization, Routines and Rituals

Turning Corners

September 2, 2022
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
Pursuing normalization
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I have always looked forward to the first transition of the school year. The time when the class segues from the work of establishing routines to the comparatively smooth process of practicing...

19 Aug

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

Planning Refreshments

September 16, 2021
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
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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...

25 Sep

Classroom Leadership, Classroom Management, Community/Social Environment, Distance Learning, Navigating Change, Routines and Rituals

Ubiquitous Change

September 25, 2020
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
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When did you first realize that the pandemic was going to change our day-to-day lives at a fundamental level? Believe it or not, here in the US, it has been about 6...

19 Aug

Distance Learning, Implementing Montessori Philosophy, Remodeling Paradigms, Routines and Rituals, Self Care, Transformation of the Adult

Serene Courage

August 19, 2020
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
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It always surprises me in the fall when the leaves begin to turn. Seemingly overnight, select clumps of leaves on a few trees and shrubs pop as if testing the conditions for the remainder. This...

09 Apr

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

Hope. And Vision.

April 12, 2020
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
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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...

19 Mar

Classroom Leadership, Remodeling Paradigms, Routines and Rituals, Self Care

Finding Our Way

March 19, 2020
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
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“We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.” Maria Montessori

13 Dec

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

Establishing a Stress-Free Zone

December 23, 2019
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
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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...

04 Oct

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

Good Drama/Bad Drama

December 23, 2019
Posted by Betsy Lockhart
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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...

23 Aug

Big Stories, Classroom Leadership, Classroom Management, Cosmic Education, Intrinsic Motivation, Normalization, Routines and Rituals

Inspiration

August 24, 2019
Posted by Betsy Lockhart

One of the great joys in life is unexpectedly experiencing something that animates us, that prompts us to an elevated or exalted place, that breathes new life into us. We tend to...

10 May

Gratitude/Empathy, Routines and Rituals

The End

May 9, 2019
Posted by Betsy Lockhart

Endings. And beginnings. They tug at my heartstrings and make me a bit sentimental. Or maybe I am sentimental by nature - maybe endings just legitimize those emotions. Either way, they trigger feelings of gratitude...

03 May

Classroom Leadership, Community/Social Environment, Gratitude/Empathy, Normalization, Routines and Rituals

Preparing for Landing

May 3, 2019
Posted by Betsy Lockhart

Today’s blog is a continuation of last week’s topic of attending mindfully to transitions that are about to happen for our children. Last week we looked at practices that preserve normalization in our classrooms...

19 Apr

Big Stories, Cosmic Education, Environments, Implementing Montessori Philosophy, Routines and Rituals

Sacred Spaces

April 25, 2019
Posted by Betsy Lockhart

Last week, I was blessed to attend a reunion of Montessorians; we all had taught at one particular school in Colorado over the past 30 or more years. Many of us had...

08 Feb

Community/Social Environment, Gratitude/Empathy, Routines and Rituals

Sugar Substitutes

April 25, 2019
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It is that time again, when teachers are anticipating — with some combination of dread and amusement — one of the sweetest holidays of the year: Valentine’s Day. Personally, I love the idea of...