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February 23, 2026
Jesse McCarthy
The child-like Alysa Liu

It’s never too late to fully be a child.

The child-like Alysa Liu
December 9, 2025
Jesse McCarthy
Just a little space (vs praise)

Sometimes well-meaning praise can be the problem.

Just a little space (vs praise)
September 26, 2023
Jesse McCarthy
Discovery learning?

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

Discovery learning?
March 1, 2023
Jesse McCarthy
Maria Montessori - Strength

Maria Montessori never saw herself as a victim.

Maria Montessori - Strength
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..”

A House Of Their Own
Jesse McCarthy
April 17, 2020

Light of Intelligence

Jesse McCarthy
April 17, 2020
Light of Intelligence

"Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire 'to make him learn things,' but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called the intelligence.” Maria Montessori, 'Spontaneous Activity in Education'

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