Montessori Education with Jesse McCarthy

How do we correct children? Maria Montessori has an answer.

Meet Marcus ‘Big Herc’ Timmons, armed robber turned upright mentor.. “I committed a bank robbery, broad daylight, with guns and ski masks.” Herc was eventually caught and locked up for nine years, and the experience changed his life forever — and for the better. During his time in jail Herc found purpose, eventually recreating himself into the man he is today. In this interview, Herc talks about his growth and shares his take on a few issues that are relevant for all of us: parents, teachers, human beings.

A disorganized girl, and how she became organized

Follow the mother.

Let's all chill and enjoy this holiday season with children..

"When you're teaching there's nothing but teaching: you're in there, and it's you, and it's history, and it's students -- and everything else falls away." Meet Philip Daileader, star presenter at The Great Courses and lively history professor at William & Mary college

You ever get annoyed at a child?

If you're a Montessori teacher who is having challenges in the classroom -- say you have a disruptive child, or a loud child, or maybe a room full of disruptive, loud children -- then this episode is for you. (And if you're just a curious parent, you'll gain some too.)

"We must open our eyes." Maria Montessori Taking a closer look at the Color Box or Color Tablets, a fascinating materials for preschool and kindergarten-aged children in the Montessori classroom

"Before I had my own children I was always saying, 'I will never do that! I will never be a parent like that, I will never scream.' But of course life plans it a different way.” A conversation about comparing parenting styles with Lucie Tamasova, a Montessori parent and educator who’s seen A LOT, having lived and worked in Europe, Africa and America