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Gifts of Nature
September 18th, 2020Time in nature is not leisure time; it’s an essential investment in our children’s health (and also, by the way, in our own) ~ Richard Louv I would rather see children with a handful of compost or mud than with their hands wrapped around an iPad or telephone and staring at the screen. When I think […]
Read MoreMVM Return to School Plans
July 21st, 2020In the last two weeks, MVM has released its 2020-2021 return to school plans, Advance Action and Return to School Objective. MVM admin and faculty have been working diligently to ensure we have the appropriate protocols, strategies, and equipment in place for students and employees to safely physically return to school for the 2020-2021 school year. The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly advocates “all […]
Read More2020 Landmark Year for MVM
January 9th, 20202020 marks our 50th anniversary! Our school began in 1970 in the basement of Trinity Church at Rainbow and Island Streets in downtown Reno. In 1999 we moved to our south Reno campus. In both locations, over five decades, we have been extremely fortunate and honored to serve a vast number of children and families […]
Read MoreMusic to My Ears
October 15th, 2019I had a horrible day, Why? Didn’t you like your lunch? No, I didn’t get to work with my friends. Silence Wait, you worked with me. I’m your friend. Oh yeah, I forgot. Lower El students at dismissal I take great delight in listening to children’s interactions and conversations throughout the day. My office is […]
Read MoreToo Much Stuff?
October 3rd, 2019Lost and Found There was probably a time when Lost and Found was an appropriate name for the pile of clothing, lunchboxes, socks, water bottles, and other miscellaneous items sitting at the bottom of the stairs. As I travel up and down to the Community Room, my attention is often drawn to the growing pile, […]
Read MoreStart talking, please!
September 6th, 2019The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people. Maria Montessori Have you noticed people are talking less to one another? Inside (stores, airports, offices, restaurants) and outside (walking to and from buildings, sidewalks, parks, parking lots), […]
Read MoreTransitions
August 29th, 2019Here we go … back to school! The one thing we can always count on is change. No matter how hard we try to keep things the same, change happens. We begin, we finish, and we begin again. From birth onward, we experience continuous physical change. Mental, emotional and spiritual change occurs in tandem as […]
Read MoreThe 7 C’s
April 13th, 2018It’s Spring – or at least it is trying to be Spring! I find this is a good time of year to pull the 7 C’s out of the closet and freshen up my thinking. I started using different versions of the 7 C’s over 20 years ago when I read an article about Mihaly […]
Read MoreSharing
December 11th, 2017
The love of one’s environment is the secret of all man’s progress and the secret of social evolution. It becomes manifest in people who have survived life’s vicissitudes, who have been able to keep their integrity, or who have rediscovered such integrity in themselves. […]
Read MoreThe Courtesy of Connection
December 1st, 2017
Shaking hands is a wonderful way to begin and end the day! Beginning at 8:30 I shake at least 15 primary hands, 20 if you include miscellaneous parents, and if the adolescents happen to come down the sidewalk when I am greeting the primary students out on the curb, add 30 more. The toddlers don’t […]
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