Today, I’m reintroducing the Montessori PE Black Holes lesson plan—not because the original didn’t work, but because this new version is so different, so much more engaging, and so much more fun that it has essentially become a brand-new game.

These three new lessons are part of an ongoing commitment to giving you fresh, integrated resources that bring movement and deep learning to your students.

At my school, we’ve also embraced something I wish more schools would adopt: an Inventors Fair we call Design for Good. Like the Science Fair, it is built on a process—this time, the Engineering Design Process.

It hit me like when my child’s teacher sees him after three months from summer break and says, “Wow, they’ve grown!” You knew they were growing, but you didn’t realize how much until someone else pointed it out. Those small incremental growth spurts go under the radar, just as the change in play occurred over the years.

“we also needed a large-group game that kept every player involved, excited, and learning. That’s when VolleyDodge Ball was born”

I’ve been making some updates to the Montessori Physical Education curriculum lately, and I wanted to share a few highlights.

This is a lifelong project for me — a mission to design lessons that teach academic concepts and fundamental movement patterns at the same time.

Ultimately, choosing teams is not just an SEL exercise for students—it’s also a test of restraint and observation for adults. As teachers, our instinct is to solve problems quickly. But Montessori reminds us: never do for the child what they can do for themselves.

When I first encountered this material, I was inspired to translate its central concept into movement. If the boxes shrink step by step, why not have the playing area shrink in a game to give students a physical, visceral experience of the same idea?

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