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13 Nov 2018Blog, Events, School Newsby mslfadmin

Prairie Restoration: Biodiversity in Eco-systems, Native Seed Bombs & Healthy Prairies

An essay by Julia Lunn, MSLF’s Outdoor Classroom Director A healthy ecosystem starts with healthy biodiversity; that means a large variety of life! Think about your diet: broccoli’s good, but if you eat just broccoli is that a healthy diet for a growing body? No! It’s …

12 Oct 2018Blog, Classroom News, Parenting Tipsby mslfadmin

Ms. Lanni’s Bag of Tricks

We’ve all seen it: our child’s Montessori teacher gets them to do that one thing that we cannot get them to do! It’s magic, right? Not really! You can do it, too! Carolyn Lanni of our Primary division (children ages 3 to 6) recently shared …

9 Apr 2018Blog, Classroom News, Montessori News, School Newsby mslfadmin

Process Over Product in the Montessori Primary Classroom

By Carolyn Lanni, Primary Directress at the Montessori School of Lake Forest It is not easy to be a Montessori Parent. Tolerating your child’s shoes being on the wrong feet, sitting on your hands while they flip their coat thirty times before finally getting it …