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2013 US Chamber of Commerce Blue Ribbon Finalist
Weinacker’s Montessori School is excited to be named a Blue Ribbon Small Business Award® winner for the year 2012 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. To be recognized as one of 100 Blue Ribbon winners by the United States Chamber … Continue reading
WMS Wins People’s Choice Award!
Weinacker’s Montessori School was recently chosen by the readers of Lagniappe as the Best Nursery School in the Mobile Bay area. Lagniappe is a regional newspaper that specializes in current events and editorials covering topics of interest. It has a … Continue reading
Our Spanish Immersion Classroom at Hillcrest.
Spanish Immersion Class: We will begin a Spanish immersion classroom at the 3 to 6 year-old level this fall at our school site on Hillcrest Road. Please read below for a list of questions that have been presented and the … Continue reading
Weinacker’s Hosts AMS Teacher Training.
Teaching Training: Beginning July 9, 2012 Weinacker’s Montessori School will be hosting American Montessori Society (AMS) training for teachers of children at the 3-6 year-old level. We have listed some questions and answers below to provide insight into the scope … Continue reading
How Can We Treat Children With Respect?
How often have we been offended, as adults, by the well meaning and kind-hearted person who, as we were leaving their shop, offered the words for all to hear “Thanks, Sweetie.” As most of us shrink and try to regain … Continue reading
Small Business of the Month!
Weinacker’s Montessori School was named Small Business of the Month by the Mobile, Alabama Chamber of Commerce for the month of May, 2012. Please follow the link below to view the article. Our teachers and staff have worked very hard! … Continue reading
Why Multi-Culturalism in Pre-School?
Why should we expose children to different cultures at the pre-school level? After all, one might say, by the time children reach adolescence they will have forgotten everything they learned when they were three to six years old. Quite … Continue reading
Discipline: It Comes from Within!
As adults, when we think of discipline in early childhood we may think back to a time when our parent’s bare hand (or, even worse, a switch) was the means in which to achieve it. However, this does not have … Continue reading
Hands Off? Or, Hands-On!
If you are like most parents you probably looked at a half-dozen pre-schools and talked to a dozen friends before you found a school that you felt comfortable with. One, you might have thought, that finally suited your needs. … Continue reading
Peer Problem-Solving in Early Childhood
How often have you been in the situation of trying to solve a conflict between your child and another child (who may also be yours) and wondered what to do? You may ask yourself the question of whether you … Continue reading
