Middle and High School … from a Montessori Point of View
1 I decided that we would read our memoirs, the ones my students had been working on for the last five weeks, on our immersion trip down to Mississippi. The idea of sitting around the fire, sharing memories was just too enticing to pass up. I was a little surprised that no one objected, or … Continue reading “Memories in the fire”
Different parts of the brain mature at different rates. By early adolescence the parts of the brain responsible for social interaction are pretty well developed, but the parts responsible for critical thinking and impulse control (the frontal cortex) are not. We visited the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital today. And after a tour, a couple of … Continue reading “Abstract thinking and brain development”