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Natalie Baginski

52 Quotes for 52 Weeks — 4

“The capacities of the heart are like petals of a flower that unfold. As leaders, we can create an environment of encouragement, beauty…

1d ago

52 Quotes for 52 Weeks — 4

1d ago

Natalie Baginski

52 Quotes for 52 Weeks — 3

“I don’t have to make you wrong for that not to work for me.”

Sep 4

52 Quotes for 52 Weeks — 3

Sep 4

Natalie Baginski

52 Quotes for 52 Weeks — 2

We must, therefore, quit our roles as hailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible to…

Aug 28

52 Quotes for 52 Weeks — 2

Aug 28

Natalie Baginski

52 Quotes for 52 Weeks — 1

“When we finish our Montessori training, we are not finished. When we have finished our first year of teaching, we are still not finished…

Aug 21

52 Quotes for 52 Weeks — 1

Aug 21

Natalie Baginski

Follow the Path Until It Falls Away

In Education for a New World, page 73, Maria Montessori writes, “The teacher must withdraw more and more into the background, only…

Aug 12

Follow the Path Until It Falls Away

Aug 12

Natalie Baginski

The Montessori Guide as a Partner

Some Montessori schools use the word teacher, and some use the word guide, and the names are interchangeable. Whatever we call ourselves…

Aug 11

The Montessori Guide as a Partner

Aug 11

Natalie Baginski

The Three Tasks of the Montessori Guide (Teacher)

The first task is to spiritually prepare to be with children. If one is center stage, judgmental, seeking perfection, exerting control…

Aug 11

The Three Tasks of the Montessori Guide (Teacher)

Aug 11

Natalie Baginski

Montessorians Trust Children

— not with knives, fireworks, or handling police dogs — not that kind of trust. We trust as a way of life, we trust from a core belief…

Aug 11

Montessorians Trust Children

Aug 11

Natalie Baginski

A good quote…

On my first day as a student teacher in a 9–12 Montessori classroom, I read a quote taped on the wall and it shaped my frame of reference…

Jul 23

A good quote…

Jul 23

Natalie Baginski

Natalie Baginski

she/her

I’m an Enneagram Two Head of School and Founding Trustee with DC Wildflower PCS, currently plugging away on a doctorate at Johns Hopkins School of Education.

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