A Teacher's Bag of Tricks: Staying Person-to-Person in the World of Children

Here is the tale of an eager young educator, freshly trained in Montessori theory and practice, learning how to survive in a bustling classroom of 3-6 year olds. Theory no longer carried the day; he had to learn how to achieve his goals in an environment that had as a core principle children'a right to guide their own learning.

With the help of wise and talented mentors, he learned how to do so, and started jotting down the "tricks" he mastered along the way.

That journey began almost 50 year...