Uncategorized

If you have read a few of my previous blog posts, then you have heard about my big sister, Heidi. She’s a Registered Dietician Nutritionist or RDN. I had a conversation with her on the phone yesterday ...
Read More

With so many families at home for the next month or so, we have heard from those with elementary-aged children that they are running out of new ideas to keep them occupied. Are they tired of playing ...
Read More

Costco in Pflugerville on Friday, March 13th at 11:30AM. When I first heard about the Coronavirus, I thought it was a joke about beer. Then after reading up on it, I kept wondering why it was all one ...
Read More

This blog post is a little different. Not as long, no sources. Just me sharing how we first got started back in 2006. I finished a book recently called Start with Story by LynGraft and in it he makes ...
Read More

  Let me share with you what growing up in the digital age was like when I was a teenager. Taking the wireless house phone into my room to talk with friends, taping shows I liked so I could ...
Read More

  Ping! There it is, sitting in your inbox...the email from school reporting that there is a bug going around. Or maybe it’s the sound of your phone? Rrrring! The dreaded phone call saying your ...
Read More

  After years of watching parents pick up their child at Sunrise Montessori, I must admit, I had a favorite -- Derrell Johnson. Derrell was the most loving and genuine example I have ever seen ...
Read More

  When I taught math back in California, the biggest hurdle I faced was not the different math levels of my students, it was the attitude over 80% of them had that math was to be dreaded. ...
Read More

Before I opened Sunrise Montessori, my son, John, not yet two years old, was growing bored in home daycare, so I looked into local Montessori schools on the advice of my big sis, Allison. Changing ...
Read More

Are you in a phase with your daughter where she is constantly interrupting you? Or maybe whining? Or your son suddenly and repeatedly is disrespectful? We have the answer! Well, we MAY have it.  You ...
Read More

Back when I would say goodbye and wish my son, John, a great day at school in the early elementary years, I felt like I needed something more to set the tone for his day. He was going through a phase ...
Read More

One of the reasons I created Sunrise Montessori 13 years ago was to offer a preschool experience where our families and team felt like they belonged, a home away from home. So it gives me great joy to ...
Read More

What about the INTERESTING ones in our lives that keep us on our toes? You know who I mean. For me, that would have to be my son, John, now a sophomore in high school. He’s earning straight A’s this ...
Read More

Most child care centers segregate their classrooms by age (two year olds are in the Two Year Olds room and three year olds are in the Three Year Olds room and so on). Montessori preschools are known ...
Read More

When my son, John, was a baby, he slept like a pro (once we got him to sleep through the night, that is). He would sleep for 12 hours and still take one to two naps. The more sleep he got, the less he ...
Read More

Imagine if you could go somewhere with activities designed for you to enjoy, new friends to make, fun places to discover, and time spent outdoors. Sounds like a luxury surprise vacay like Pack Up + ...
Read More