Peace/Harmony 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...

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...

27 Oct

Balance, Classroom Leadership, Peace/Harmony, Self Care, Transformation of the Adult

Reclaiming Joy

October 29, 2020
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I have never run a marathon. In fact, those of you who know me personally are probably doubled over in laughter at the very idea. (You’re welcome for that image!) But even...

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...

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...

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...

27 Sep

Community/Social Environment, Gratitude/Empathy, Peace/Harmony, Self Care

Whatever Builds Us Up

December 23, 2019
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In the past week or so, I was lucky enough to spend time with delightful teachers and administrators at Selkirk Montessori in Victoria, BC, Canada and at The Montessori Academy of Colorado...

13 Sep

Classroom Leadership, Community/Social Environment, Gratitude/Empathy, Peace/Harmony

When Peace is a Verb

December 23, 2019
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Saturday, September 21, is International Day of Peace. As Montessorians, we strive for everyday to be a day of peace, but this day, set aside by the UN in 1981, gives us an opportunity...

06 Sep

Classroom Leadership, Community/Social Environment, Gratitude/Empathy, Normalization, Peace/Harmony

Normalization and Empathy

December 23, 2019
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Last Monday, we marked the date on the calendar that once-upon-a-time marked the beginning of the school year in the US: Labor Day. Of course, nowadays schools start back up at various times from the...

30 Aug

Gratitude/Empathy, Healing Self-Image, Implementing Montessori Philosophy, Peace/Harmony, Self Care, Transformation of the Adult

What if…

December 23, 2019
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This weekend marks the 149th anniversary of Maria Montessori’s birth – an occasion for which I am deeply grateful. Just think how our lives would be different if she had not been...

26 Apr

Classroom Leadership, Community/Social Environment, Gratitude/Empathy, Normalization, Peace/Harmony

Ready for Take-off

April 26, 2019
Posted by Betsy Lockhart

Have you noticed? Mere days from now we will turn the calendar to May – the crazy month filled with culminating projects, Mother’s Day gifts, final report cards, graduation preparations and celebrations, and a score...

29 Mar

Community/Social Environment, Normalization, Peace/Harmony

Authentic Connection

April 25, 2019
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Who is in your tribe? Last week, I was with my tribe – 4,000 passionate Montessorians from around the globe, all focused on improving our individual and collective practices....

15 Mar

Community/Social Environment, Executive Function, Forgiveness, Peace/Harmony

Sowing Seeds

April 25, 2019
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Maria Montessori often spoke in analogies. One of my favorites encourages teachers to view the child as a fertile field in which we sow and tend seeds of interest, waiting to see...

08 Mar

Community/Social Environment, Effects of Testing, Normalization, Peace/Harmony, Self Care

We Are Not Alone…

April 25, 2019
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Today’s post continues the discussion started last week on unanticipated and often unrecognized side-effects of a season focused heavily on standardized testing and test prep. Last week addressed the impact to classroom...

18 Jan

Balance, Control vs. Influence, Executive Function, Normalization, Peace/Harmony, Redirecting Children, Remodeling Paradigms, Time

Time Well Spent

April 25, 2019
Posted by Betsy Lockhart

How was your week? Since today is Friday, if you are like most teachers, what you are feeling right now is relief that the weekend is here! But when you think about...

11 Jan

Control vs. Influence, Implementing Montessori Philosophy, Peace/Harmony, Redirecting Children, Remodeling Paradigms

“You Are Not the Boss of Me” … Working with Resistant Children

April 25, 2019
Posted by Betsy Lockhart

“You are not the boss of me!” I remember the first time I heard a feisty, bedazzled, pig-tailed, 4-year old say this to an older boy in her class. I was as...