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“Should education be a standardized process of all children learning the same things, or should it be about the child learning how to...

For the past month, our crew has taken a deep dive into the art of paper folding, paper airplanes in particular. They have spent hours...

These last couple of weeks, a quote from Maria Montessori has been echoing through my head as I observe our little learners in their...

Over the last few weeks our older learners have taken a deep dive into stop motion animation. The video shown here is one 9-year-old’s...

One of the parents in our community recently told me this story that I’d like to share here with her permission. A few weeks back, she...

When the children organize the sports, especially in a mixed-age setting, they grow in a thousand ways. Lately, our crew has been playing...

The boredom at Juniper Root is brimming with potential. Downtime is a necessary element in self-directed education. That downtime can be...

It’s hard to let go of external metrics of accomplishment: Good grades. Attendance awards. Trophies. Promotions. Facebook likes…...

The other day, an 8-year-old boy walked up to his friend, obviously holding back tears, and said, “Hi…”. I happened to be sitting nearby...

Recently, an adult at Juniper Root organized a Pie Poll to decide which pie we’ll bake the day before Thanksgiving Break. She placed a...