To move towards a society focused on peace, social justice, and empowerment, education must prepare the future to embrace others, listen with intention and compassion.  Dr. Maria Montessori reminds us that “Averting war is the work of politicians; establishing peace is the work of education.” Education must be reframed as a lifelong project of becoming, not a temporary phase of preparation for something else.

In a time when our society feels ever more fractured and isolating, the Montessori classroom continually reminds us to reach out, connect, and learn from each other.  

Being able to prepare nutritional, filling, and wholesome food is a necessary life skill that will sustain children throughout their lives and give them a sense of independence and self-reliance.

We have to open the door and let them go out, with our support and unshakeable faith in their abilities as their guides. 

The adult in a Montessori environment takes on many roles.  She acts as a dynamic link, an observational scientist, an emotional guide, and a curricular curator whose constant job it is to make him or herself superfluous to the growth of the child’s mind and spirit.