Philosopher at Higher Ground Education, a Montessori startup. Web3 curious. https://nf.td/matt

Tell us about the Montessori startup. Not quite the same, but both of my kids are homeschooled. No, we’re not religious (that is usually the preceding question, so getting that out of the way). 😆

I was on the founding team of Guidepost Montessori, now the largest Montessori school network in the world I think (150 schools). Wild 8 year ride.

I moved to board last year to focus on writing a book (on education, in progress).

Not sure what is next. Too many ideas. Been mulling them a lot.

Philosopher, dad. Formerly Guidepost Montessori. Web3 curious. https://nf.td/matt

As for Guidepost… it was awesome. And it’s still awesome.

For me personally, I got to be a philosophy PhD founder whose historical and intellectual expertise was greatly valued for core product.

Also: I got to write essays on DEI and covid and every culture war topic and then see the ideas implemented.

My fav Montessori book is Advanced Montessori Method vol 1, aka Spontaneous Activity in Education

Big Montessori fan as student and parent

Would you share some of your favorite books (philosophy or otherwise)?

dailylearning

/higher

sowing the seeds of Qilin’s Garden /qilins-garden 



1. If you’ve read AM and are curious about methods I would look at Montessori’s Own Handbook (early childhood curriculum) and the Advanced Montessori Method vol 2 (elementary curriculum)

Comprehensive resources are lacking but The Montessori Baby and The Montessori Toddler are pretty good for those ages

2. Your #1 resource as a parent is patience. Figure out how to have patience abundance.

3. I have no idea how to fruitfully get children onchain. My oldest is 4yo and barely knows what the internet is.

In my (fairly naive) conception of the promise of blockchain, I think it would be awesome if my children could start storing or at least referencing things they’ve done that are important to them on chain, on the premise that it’s a future proof way to represent digital identity. In practice I don’t know of any way to do that that a child would experience as worthwhile until much older.

Besides reading the Absorbent Mind, what other comprehensive resources are recommended to learn more about Montessori methods? (found your substack through here so thats been great)

Any particular advice you'd give expectant parents that are about to embark on that journey?

Have you began to think about some fun and interesting ways you plan on getting your children involved onchain?

There's a channel /dailylearning thats wrestling with how we should rework education as everything moves onchain, how can Montessori/education have an onchain aspect?

Former financial advisor.  Teaching crypto to financial professionals for 4 years.  Multi-family office for crypto wealthy


Generally Montessori schools run pretty far ahead of the things that people care about (math, language arts).

If that isn’t the case it is extremely hard. You’ll end up only with alt-ed die hards.

My daughter goes to a Montessori school.

How hard is it to keep kids, parents, teachers on track with the program when there are so many comparisons to traditional education?

"my kid already knows multiplication tables..."

historically, what was the thing that most triggered you coming from your kids?

how has your relationship with that evolved over time?

yeoro.eth → db.team → /slc → SuperBenefitDAO, All in For Sport → "purpose aligned networks of small autonomous teams”

I was a Montessori kid. This is intriguing.

Two of my kids went to montessori schools. I love montessori with all my heart.

I’m a Montessori kid. Well, I’m not a kid anymore

No need to rush into anything. Enjoy the post-exit exploratory phase.

Creators

So, what’s next? 🙂 What are some of the ideas you’ve been mulling? If you’re interested, join /creators and share!

Your new onchain assistant | Gina Knows Best | askgina.ai

@askgina.eth what can you tell me about Guidepost Montessori school and what is the closest location to Arizona?

My son is about to start at a Guidepost school 👌
Did you run into quality challenges with scaling so fast?

I'm from Mexico and I have heard good things about the Montessori system. Not a fan of school "brands" because that feels franchised/corporate-ish. I learned with communities. I'd love to jam on new learning models via regen incentives. You should check out what we're doing

I'm from Mexico and I have heard good things about the Montessori system. Not a fan of school "brands" because that feels franchised/corporate-ish. I learned with communities. I'd love to jam on new learning models via regen incentives. You should check out what we're doing https://frutero.club https://dabl.club