“This force that we call love is the greatest energy in the universe.” Maria Montessori Beyond food and shelter, a child’s most basic...

“A child’s different inner sensibilities enable him to choose from his complex environment what is suitable and necessary for his growth....

Maria Montessori writes that “When a new being comes into existence, it contains within itself mysterious guiding principles which will...

Painting by Hilma af Klint, 1915

“Children have an anxious concern for living beings, and the satisfaction of this instinct fills them with delight. It is therefore easy...

What do tea bags, potato chips, silly putty, velcro and chocolate chip cookies have in common? They were ALL invented by mistake!...

“Love is more than the electricity which lightens our darkness, more than the etheric waves that transmit our voices across space, more...

“Our work as adults does not consist in teaching, but in helping the infant mind in its work of development.” Maria Montessori Maria...

In early childhood “the psychic life of a child needs to be protected and to be surrounded by an environment that could be compared with...

“Start with what you know!” - What better place to begin to develop a gratitude practice than with yourself?!? All of Me! is a...

“Never underestimate the creative intelligence of a child.” Maria Montessori Pamela Zagarenski’s The Whisper is a Montessori-must!  This...

“... LOVE - rules the world, keeps the stars in their courses, causes the conjunction of atoms to form new substances, holds things down...

“Children become like the things they love.”1 Maria Montessori Layla is a savvy seven year old who is very much attuned to those things...

Wonderful Me, I Love All of Me is a perfect primer for developing a healthy self-concept!  There are far too few books out there on this...

Many children are primed from a very early age to be perfectionists, and suffer from a fear of making mistakes and/or not measuring-up. ...

“Do everything with love.  Follow your heart and see where it leads you.” With this line alone, Kobi Yamada’s Maybe popped to the top of...

“...when children come into contact with nature, they reveal their strength.”1 - Maria Montessori - The Discovery of the Child Maria...

“the child… is born of love, and love is his natural origin.” Maria Montessori Gratitude coupled with love is the perfect recipe for...

“To exist and mix with our fellow men we must sometimes retire into solitude and acquire strength; only then do we look with love on the...