{"id":3697,"date":"2013-05-24T20:06:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theme-fusion.com\/avadaxml\/?page_id=3697"},"modified":"2016-11-01T15:28:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T20:28:27","slug":"grid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div 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href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/doctor-on-how-screen-time-hurts-kids-cognitive-development\/\" aria-label=\"Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids&#8217; Cognitive Development\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/doctor-on-how-screen-time-hurts-kids-cognitive-development\/\">Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids&#8217; Cognitive Development<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/\" title=\"Posts by Heather\" rel=\"author\">Heather<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-01-25T17:03:28-06:00<\/span><span>January 25th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/education\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Education<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/academics\/\" rel=\"tag\">academics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/brain-development\/\" rel=\"tag\">brain development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/concentration\/\" rel=\"tag\">concentration<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/education\/\" rel=\"tag\">education<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/research\/\" rel=\"tag\">research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/technology\/\" rel=\"tag\">technology<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\ufeff For full video: https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/senate-committee\/lawmakers-hold-hearing-on-the-impact-of-screen-time-on-kids\/671683<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/doctor-on-how-screen-time-hurts-kids-cognitive-development\/\" aria-label=\"More on Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids&#8217; Cognitive Development\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids&#8217; Cognitive Development<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-15177\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15177 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-early-childhood category-montessori tag-brain-development tag-development tag-language tag-montessori tag-self-regulation tag-soft-skills\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2254-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2254-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2254-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2254-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2254-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2254-1200x1200.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2254-scaled.jpeg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 340px, (min-width: 712px) 510px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/children-in-public-montessori-preschools-showed-significantly-stronger-gains-in-reading-memory-self-regulation-and-social-understanding\/\">Children in Public Montessori Preschools Showed Significantly Stronger Gains in Reading, Memory, Self-regulation, and Social Understanding<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2254-scaled.jpeg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"15177\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2254\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/children-in-public-montessori-preschools-showed-significantly-stronger-gains-in-reading-memory-self-regulation-and-social-understanding\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChildren in Public Montessori Preschools Showed Significantly Stronger Gains in Reading, Memory, Self-regulation, and Social Understanding\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/early-childhood\/\" rel=\"tag\">Early Childhood<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/montessori\/\" rel=\"tag\">Montessori<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/children-in-public-montessori-preschools-showed-significantly-stronger-gains-in-reading-memory-self-regulation-and-social-understanding\/\" aria-label=\"Children in Public Montessori Preschools Showed Significantly Stronger Gains in Reading, Memory, Self-regulation, and Social Understanding\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/children-in-public-montessori-preschools-showed-significantly-stronger-gains-in-reading-memory-self-regulation-and-social-understanding\/\">Children in Public Montessori Preschools Showed Significantly Stronger Gains in Reading, Memory, Self-regulation, and Social Understanding<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/\" title=\"Posts by Heather\" rel=\"author\">Heather<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-12-28T19:06:04-06:00<\/span><span>November 1st, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/early-childhood\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Early Childhood<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/montessori\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Montessori<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/brain-development\/\" rel=\"tag\">brain development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/development\/\" rel=\"tag\">development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/language\/\" rel=\"tag\">language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/montessori\/\" rel=\"tag\">Montessori<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/self-regulation\/\" rel=\"tag\">self-regulation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/soft-skills\/\" rel=\"tag\">soft skills<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A recent national study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences followed 588 children across 24 public Montessori programs nationwide and found that those who attended Montessori showed stronger growth in reading, [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/children-in-public-montessori-preschools-showed-significantly-stronger-gains-in-reading-memory-self-regulation-and-social-understanding\/\" aria-label=\"More on Children in Public Montessori Preschools Showed Significantly Stronger Gains in Reading, Memory, Self-regulation, and Social Understanding\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Children in Public Montessori Preschools Showed Significantly Stronger Gains in Reading, Memory, Self-regulation, and Social Understanding<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-15180\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15180 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-montessori category-parenting tag-behavior tag-development tag-montessori tag-parenting\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"875\" src=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/encourage-good-behaviour.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/encourage-good-behaviour-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/encourage-good-behaviour-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/encourage-good-behaviour-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/encourage-good-behaviour-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/encourage-good-behaviour.jpg 875w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 340px, (min-width: 712px) 510px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/the-good-child\/\">The Good Child<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/12\/encourage-good-behaviour.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"15180\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"encourage-good-behaviour\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/the-good-child\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Good Child\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/montessori\/\" rel=\"tag\">Montessori<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/parenting\/\" rel=\"tag\">Parenting<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/the-good-child\/\" aria-label=\"The Good Child\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/the-good-child\/\">The Good Child<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/\" title=\"Posts by Heather\" rel=\"author\">Heather<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-12-28T19:16:06-06:00<\/span><span>June 1st, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/montessori\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Montessori<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/parenting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Parenting<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/behavior\/\" rel=\"tag\">behavior<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/development\/\" rel=\"tag\">development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/montessori\/\" rel=\"tag\">Montessori<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/parenting\/\" rel=\"tag\">parenting<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>by Chip DeLorenzo \u201cThe obedience which is expected of the child both in the home and in the school \u2013 and obedience admitting neither of reason nor of justice \u2013 prepares man to be docile [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/the-good-child\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Good Child\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on The Good Child<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-15061\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15061 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-montessori category-uncategorized tag-autism tag-brain-development tag-delay tag-development tag-disability tag-education tag-inclusion tag-language tag-montessori tag-neurodivergency tag-research\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CleanShot-2025-01-07-at-19.12.14.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CleanShot-2025-01-07-at-19.12.14-200x264.png 200w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CleanShot-2025-01-07-at-19.12.14.png 304w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 340px, (min-width: 712px) 510px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/pamela-shanks-new-book-available-on-amazon\/\">Pamela Shanks&#8217; New Book Available on Amazon!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" 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href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/pamela-shanks-new-book-available-on-amazon\/\" aria-label=\"Pamela Shanks&#8217; New Book Available on Amazon!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/pamela-shanks-new-book-available-on-amazon\/\">Pamela Shanks&#8217; New Book Available on Amazon!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/\" title=\"Posts by Heather\" rel=\"author\">Heather<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-01-07T19:16:30-06:00<\/span><span>January 7th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/montessori\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Montessori<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/autism\/\" rel=\"tag\">autism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/brain-development\/\" rel=\"tag\">brain development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/delay\/\" rel=\"tag\">delay<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/development\/\" rel=\"tag\">development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/disability\/\" rel=\"tag\">disability<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/education\/\" rel=\"tag\">education<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/inclusion\/\" rel=\"tag\">inclusion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/language\/\" rel=\"tag\">language<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/montessori\/\" rel=\"tag\">Montessori<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/neurodivergency\/\" rel=\"tag\">neurodivergency<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/research\/\" rel=\"tag\">research<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Pam Shank's new book, The Montessori Approach to Classroom-Based Interventions: A Handbook for Educators, Administrators, Service Providers, and Families of Children Whose Development is Impacted by Delay or Disability has been published and is available [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/pamela-shanks-new-book-available-on-amazon\/\" aria-label=\"More on Pamela Shanks&#8217; New Book Available on Amazon!\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Pamela Shanks&#8217; New Book Available on Amazon!<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-15058\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15058 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-parenting tag-brain-development tag-freedom tag-parenting\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading 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href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/do-what-you-say\/\">Do What You Say<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CleanShot-2025-01-07-at-19.04.52.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"15058\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"CleanShot 2025-01-07 at 19.04.52\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/do-what-you-say\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDo What You Say\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/parenting\/\" rel=\"tag\">Parenting<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/do-what-you-say\/\" aria-label=\"Do What You Say\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/do-what-you-say\/\">Do What You Say<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/\" title=\"Posts by Heather\" rel=\"author\">Heather<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-01-07T19:05:28-06:00<\/span><span>January 7th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/parenting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Parenting<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/brain-development\/\" rel=\"tag\">brain development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/freedom\/\" rel=\"tag\">freedom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/parenting\/\" rel=\"tag\">parenting<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Another great article by Maren Schmidt! \u201cThrow rocks into the pool one more time and we\u2019re leaving the party,\u201d Jonathan\u2019s parents told him. It was a surprise party for his grandparents\u2019 anniversary. When Jonathan threw [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/do-what-you-say\/\" aria-label=\"More on Do What You Say\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Do What You Say<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-15039\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15039 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-parenting tag-community tag-happiness tag-love tag-parenting tag-soft-skills\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bombeck.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bombeck-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bombeck-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bombeck.png 512w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 340px, (min-width: 712px) 510px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/if-i-had-to-live-my-life-over-by-erma-bombeck\/\">If I Had to Live My Life Over<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/bombeck.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"15039\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"bombeck\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/if-i-had-to-live-my-life-over-by-erma-bombeck\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIf I Had to Live My Life Over\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/parenting\/\" rel=\"tag\">Parenting<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/if-i-had-to-live-my-life-over-by-erma-bombeck\/\" aria-label=\"If I Had to Live My Life Over\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/if-i-had-to-live-my-life-over-by-erma-bombeck\/\">If I Had to Live My Life Over<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/\" title=\"Posts by Heather\" rel=\"author\">Heather<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-10-10T16:47:22-05:00<\/span><span>October 10th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/parenting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Parenting<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/community\/\" rel=\"tag\">community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/happiness\/\" rel=\"tag\">happiness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/love\/\" rel=\"tag\">love<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/parenting\/\" rel=\"tag\">parenting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/soft-skills\/\" rel=\"tag\">soft skills<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Over the past few weeks, my sister and I have been clearing out our parents\u2019 garage. We aimed to box up items that we'd examine more closely later. This includes treasures from both sets of [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/if-i-had-to-live-my-life-over-by-erma-bombeck\/\" aria-label=\"More on If I Had to Live My Life Over\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on If I Had to Live My Life Over<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-15045\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-15045 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-parenting tag-community tag-food tag-grace-and-courtesy tag-manners tag-parenting\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2304\" height=\"2304\" src=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1117-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1117-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1117-2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1117-2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1117-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1117-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1117-2.jpg 2304w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 340px, (min-width: 712px) 510px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/science-says-eat-with-your-kids\/\">Science Says: Eat with your Kids<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_1117-2.jpg\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"15045\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_1117 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/science-says-eat-with-your-kids\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScience Says: Eat with your Kids\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/parenting\/\" rel=\"tag\">Parenting<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/science-says-eat-with-your-kids\/\" aria-label=\"Science Says: Eat with your Kids\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/science-says-eat-with-your-kids\/\">Science Says: Eat with your Kids<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/\" title=\"Posts by Heather\" rel=\"author\">Heather<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-10-10T17:16:47-05:00<\/span><span>September 29th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/parenting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Parenting<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/community\/\" rel=\"tag\">community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/food\/\" rel=\"tag\">food<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/grace-and-courtesy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Grace and Courtesy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/manners\/\" rel=\"tag\">manners<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/parenting\/\" rel=\"tag\">parenting<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Liz Struble, guide in the South community writes: Grace and Courtesy Lessons are always the first lessons we begin with when we return to school. Remembering how we move about the room, what utensils are [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/science-says-eat-with-your-kids\/\" aria-label=\"More on Science Says: Eat with your Kids\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Science Says: Eat with your Kids<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-14980\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14980 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-early-childhood tag-autism tag-brain-development tag-neurodivergency tag-parenting tag-research\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aut-and-edu-better-graphic.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aut-and-edu-better-graphic-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aut-and-edu-better-graphic-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aut-and-edu-better-graphic-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aut-and-edu-better-graphic.png 724w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 340px, (min-width: 712px) 510px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/my-early-intervention-program\/\">My Early Intervention Program<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/aut-and-edu-better-graphic.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"14980\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"aut-and-edu-better-graphic\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/my-early-intervention-program\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMy Early Intervention Program\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/early-childhood\/\" rel=\"tag\">Early Childhood<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/my-early-intervention-program\/\" aria-label=\"My Early Intervention Program\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/my-early-intervention-program\/\">My Early Intervention Program<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/\" title=\"Posts by Heather\" rel=\"author\">Heather<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-05-25T09:00:05-05:00<\/span><span>May 25th, 2024<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/early-childhood\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Early Childhood<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/autism\/\" rel=\"tag\">autism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/brain-development\/\" rel=\"tag\">brain development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/neurodivergency\/\" rel=\"tag\">neurodivergency<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/parenting\/\" rel=\"tag\">parenting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/research\/\" rel=\"tag\">research<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Excerpt from Autism and Education: The Way I See It, What Parents and Teachers Need to Know by Dr. Temple Grandin I had a wonderful and effective early education program that started at age two [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/my-early-intervention-program\/\" aria-label=\"More on My Early Intervention Program\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on My Early Intervention Program<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-14977\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14977 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-montessori tag-academics tag-brain-development tag-education tag-montessori tag-research\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/decanomial.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/decanomial-200x201.png 200w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/decanomial-400x401.png 400w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/decanomial-600x602.png 600w, https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/decanomial.png 689w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 784px) 340px, (min-width: 712px) 510px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/new-meta-study-montessori-education-leads-to-positive-student-outcomes\/\">New Meta Study: Montessori Education Leads to Positive Student Outcomes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2024\/05\/decanomial.png\" data-options=\"\" data-id=\"14977\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"decanomial\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/new-meta-study-montessori-education-leads-to-positive-student-outcomes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNew Meta Study: Montessori Education Leads to Positive Student Outcomes\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/montessori\/\" rel=\"tag\">Montessori<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/new-meta-study-montessori-education-leads-to-positive-student-outcomes\/\" aria-label=\"New Meta Study: Montessori Education Leads to Positive Student Outcomes\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/new-meta-study-montessori-education-leads-to-positive-student-outcomes\/\">New Meta Study: Montessori Education Leads to Positive Student Outcomes<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/\" title=\"Posts by Heather\" rel=\"author\">Heather<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-05-25T08:02:51-05:00<\/span><span>December 25th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span>Categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/category\/montessori\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Montessori<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"meta-tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/academics\/\" rel=\"tag\">academics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/brain-development\/\" rel=\"tag\">brain development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/education\/\" rel=\"tag\">education<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/montessori\/\" rel=\"tag\">Montessori<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/tag\/research\/\" rel=\"tag\">research<\/a><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>by Dr. Dean Blase Montessori educators have all experienced it: walking into a well-run, humming classroom where children are focused on learning, making and reinforcing new discoveries, and demonstrating works to younger peers. Where teachers [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/new-meta-study-montessori-education-leads-to-positive-student-outcomes\/\" aria-label=\"More on New Meta Study: Montessori Education Leads to Positive Student Outcomes\">Read More<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on New Meta Study: Montessori Education Leads to Positive Student Outcomes<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-14834\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-14834 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-montessori tag-brain-development tag-independence tag-montessori tag-soft-skills\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid 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