Welcome to Star Path, where your child’s creative experiences begin! This unique enrichment space, located in Dedham Square, offers child-geared creative classes for children 6 months to 6 years old, along with providing community-building programs for families. It’s just what you need, promise!
Inviting you to gather together, learn together and grow together.
We meet you where you are.
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Enrichment
Welcome to our gathering space offering child-geared programs for families.
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The Path
Our online group consultation program with a community of members.
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Illuminate
Looking to go at it on your own? Illuminate is the program for you. This is a 10 Topic “deep dive” into the Montessori philosophy through pre-recorded lessons.
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Brighten
One-on-one consultations with Clarissa.
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The Star
In-home design, setup, and support for Montessori-at-Home.
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Gift Certificates
Share Star Path joy with others. Gift certificates are available for services, programs, and experiences.
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Pathmaker Partnership
Montessori implementation partnerships for schools, care centers, and educational spaces.
“We are so happy that we took the leap. We are learning a lot, we are better parents to our son and better partners to each other because of what we are learning. Thank you for creating Star Path and guiding us to it!”
— Michele
What is Montessori?
The Montessori method is an approach to education based on scientific observation, and of an understanding of child development along with self-initiated activity. Dr. Montessori advocated for the importance of the prepared adult and prepared environment, as the two were necessary in the child’s optimal development and success, following natural desires and needs. She believed that education needed to be equipped with adults that are able to be at the “service of life,” following the child in all aspects of development, aiding and not inhibiting the human’s defined trajectory of growth.
Dr. Maria Montessori discovered the powerful learning potential of young children through observation. Her philosophy of education, with children as its center, is currently implemented and practiced world wide.
Why Montessori?
A child’s environment from the start is the most important environment for development. Not only the physical environment, but the psychological environment as well- both are necessary in providing the best path to a bright future, towards a fully actualized and successful individual. Science has proven that the growth of the human brain is at its most crucial before the age of 3.
Dr. Maria Montessori discovered this through her work with young children and used this knowledge to create her method of education, the method that is now followed all over the world. Preparing the proper environment, both physical and psychological, with the necessary tools for optimal development, is one of the most precious gifts a child can receive.
Montessori is a way to this gift. Montessori is the path to growing as a caregiver in ways that will allow you to grow as the provider for your child, in the most natural and effective way
Why Star Path Montessori?
I’m Clarissa: mom and Montessori certified guide for children aged birth to 6 years, in the early education field for over 20 years.
I help families create stronger bonds with their child(ren) through online consulting, structured as a community that meets weekly and learns perceptive parenting by gaining knowledge of natural child development, the science of human growth and the effectiveness of implementing Montessori key principles within the home, but most importantly, within the adults who set the stage for the child’s path forward to optimal success.
Along with online consulting, I offer webinars, workshops and a gathering space for learning and growing together, as parenting should be.
Star Path Montessori and it’s community of members holds you up, all while helping you brighten your child’s natural path of development.
It all starts with the right crew- I’ve got you! Let’s connect so I can share how we can come together to brighten your child’s natural path.