| “ . . . education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words but by experiences upon the environment.” Maria Montessori |
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By The Little Onion 9 years Montessori Preschool Teacher (Fountainhead Montessori School, Orinda, CA) / 4 years Montessori Lower Elementary Teacher (Compass Montessori School, Wheatridge, CO) / 15 years ESL Elementary Teacher (Fond du Lac School District, Fond du Lac, WI)
Montessori Style, Montessori Three-Period Lesson pre-teaching hands-on, experiential use of realia, visuals, graphic organizers, Thinking Maps modeling, demonstrating
Graduated with Distinction, University of WI, Madison, 1979 Junior Year Abroad Program, University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 1978
B.A. Spanish 1979, UW Madison, Madison, WI, 1979 / M.A. Curriculum & Instruction, UW Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, 2007 / NCME Montessori Primary Credential, Sacramento, CA, 1983 / AMS Montessori Elementary I Credential, MECR, Boulder, CO, 2002
I recently retired after almost 30 years of working with kids. I have always loved making materials tailored to my students' needs. Now with more time available, I hope to share my "tools" with other teachers. The "Little Onion" was my mother's childhood nickname. I'm using her name and photo (~1927) in her memory.
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Homeschool
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading, Vocabulary, Math, Numbers, Science, Astronomy, Biology, Social Studies, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, ESL-EFL-ELL, Geography, Other (ELA), Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Phonics
