My oldest daughter's transition from the private to the public Montessori setting was the most challenging of all three of the kids. She had a different teacher every year, two of whom were less than impressive and one who was a good teacher but a little inexperienced. The first teacher never did quite "get" my daughter and I always felt like she was trying to force a round peg into a square hole. She is to be credited however with teaching my daugher how to study and how to spell. My other two children are sorely lacking in both areas, but not my oldest daughter. I... more

My children returned to school today, starting at a new school. Those of you who have followed any of my writting here at www.adoptionblogs.com know that I experienced some aggravation at their previous school last year, so I have moved them all to a new school. So this will be a new school year, and a new school year. All three of my children have been Montessori educated since they were preschoolers.

My kids started out their schooling in a private Montessori school. My son, now age... more

I'm hacked off with my daughter's school right now. I have been dissatisfied with that school all year long. As a result,I have vacillated between being a pain in the butt and raising all kind of cane with them about one thing or another, and completely pulling back pretty much refusing to talk to them about anything.

Today I got one of those silly (expletive deleted) phone calls where the teacher calls whining about some minor problem with my child that is beyond his or her ability to manage. The reason these kinds of phone calls irritate me is because I was a classroom... more

Here is an excellent resource on helping your child to manage school issues related to adoption.

Last week I published a post about the different approaches that my two daughters take to managing their adoption story with classmates and teachers. With this still being on my mind I began to do some research and I came across the aforementioned article.

I am particularly drawn to informational articles that present a developmental perspective across the lifespan and that is what... more