December 9, 2025

Jesse McCarthy

Just a little space (vs praise)

Sometimes well-meaning praise can be the problem.

September 26, 2023

Jesse McCarthy

Discovery learning?

“No wonder the room was empty!” An anecdote from Maria Montessori

March 1, 2023

Jesse McCarthy

Maria Montessori - Strength

Maria Montessori never saw herself as a victim.

December 11, 2022

Jesse McCarthy

A House Of Their Own

“We do not say that we want to prepare a school for children, we wish to prepare an environment for life..”

October 24, 2022

Jesse McCarthy

Concentration

“To concentrate is to be engaged in some exercise that absorbs your total attention.” Maria Montessori

Jesse McCarthy

August 1, 2019

Expensive toys

Jesse McCarthy

August 1, 2019

Sometimes the good intentions of wealthy parents, like expensive toys and on-demand nannies, only handicap the very children they’re trying to make happy.