Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten Academically?

Children using Montessori knobbed cylinders to refine their sense of size and dimension.

By Kristi Ockuly As a Montessori teacher for more than twenty years, and as a mother of five, I can attest to the fact that all parents wonder about the experience their young children will have in school. If they are in preschool, parents wonder about elementary school. Elementary school parents wonder about the middle…

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Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten Emotionally?

A child working independently with Montessori pink tower cubes to develop spatial awareness.

By Kristi Ockuly As a Montessori teacher for more than twenty years, and as a mother of five, I can attest to the fact that all parents wonder about the experience their young children will have in school. If they are in preschool, parents wonder about elementary school. Elementary school parents wonder about the middle…

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Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten Socially?

Montessori art corner where children are painting using natural brushes and materials.

By Kristi Ockuly As a Montessori school teacher for more than twenty years, and as a mother of five, I can attest to the fact that all parents wonder about the experience their young children will have in school. If they are in preschool, parents wonder about elementary school. Elementary school parents wonder about the…

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