Childhood is often portrayed as an idyllic time filled with carefree days and little to no worries, stress, or responsibilities. However,...

Everyone learns to speak before reading. The idea that everyone learns how to speak their native language easily—because it is a natural...

Electronic music plays. A hand signal counts down: three, two, one . . . now! “Welcome to The NMS Listener. In this segment we’re going...

At some point in our lives, most of us have probably experienced anxiety about reading aloud to a group. It can be especially...

“No one can be free unless he is independent: therefore, the first, active manifestations of the child’s individual liberty must be so...

Each spring at NMS, the Elementary Expo presents a culmination of research projects created by students in first through sixth grade. The...

This semester, NMS is implementing a collaborative program between Beginners (our toddler program) and Upper Elementary (grades 4–6). A...

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy...

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while...

Each year the Primary classrooms celebrate the holiday season by sharing in a delicious breakfast as well as gifting books to one...