“Children are sponges, soaking up every verbal and nonverbal interaction.” ― Asa Don Brown I agree with Don, and I agree with Maria Montessori; Children are like sponges. During the first conferences we had with our parents, we agreed on a goal for each student. We asked the parents to tell us where did they want their children to be academically two months after they had the conferences. They all agree on their children being knowledgeable of letters, numbers and most of all being able to wr