When Children Teach Adults: How Montessori Builds Real Understanding
When children teach adults something the adult did not know before, most parents assume the child in front of them is unusually gifted. A born presenter. A rehearsed talker. We think this reading gets the child wrong, and it gets the school wrong too. The reversal that surprises parents at our events, when the child […]
How to Handle a Bored Child: Why Boredom Is a Skill, Not a Problem
Most parents want to know how to handle a bored child the moment the words I’m bored leave their child’s mouth. We understand the instinct. Your child looks unoccupied. You reach for a screen, a snack, a suggestion. But there is a different way to think about this moment, and it changes everything about how […]
From Pink Tower to Satellite: Three Montessori Adolescents at the AMI Congress
Three adolescents from Blue Blocks Montessori School in Hyderabad stood on the main stage of the 30th International Montessori Congress in Mexico, in front of 1,500 attendees from the global AMI community, and walked the audience through their work — from the foundational Montessori material every one of those 1,500 trained adults had once placed […]
How to Raise a Curious Child: What One Hyderabad Mother Said When We Asked Her
Most articles about how to raise a curious child tell you to celebrate the why questions, to be patient, to model curiosity yourself, and to avoid saying because I said so. All of that is true and useful. But it is also generic. At Explore Montessori 2025, our annual school event held on 29 November […]