I love learning, and I love seeing students learn to love learning. I am using and learning the MONTESSORI method because I have found through teaching since 1996 that students grounded in concrete knowledge and practical reality are also the students whose imaginations soar to the greatest heights, and whose accomplishments impact the most people for good. I am now teaching at the beginning of each child’s learning arc. Since my first anthropology class taught at Idaho State University in 1996 as a teaching assistant, I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching and learning to teach in ways that help every student. Whether it was teaching anthropology to college students, teaching archaeology methods in the field, teaching technology-in-the-classroom to preservice teachers, teaching English to Taiwanese students in Hsinchu, Taiwan, or teaching graduate & thesis writing to Masters-level students (also Taiwan), I have learned that students can really grow and shine when they realize their teacher is knowledgeable, dedicated to their academic and civil advancement, and always learning himself. I have since spent 8 years in Oakley, Idaho as a certified teacher teaching social studies (US Government, US History, Economics, Anthropology, Geography, and Study Skills) to High School and Junior High students. Having earned a Masters of Science (Anthropology/Archaeology) and a Doctorate (EdD Education), I had the ability to offer 18 credits of Dual Credit college credits through the College of Southern Idaho (POLS/HIST/ECON/ANTH). As before, I love learning. It is now my mission to help younger students love learning and move all the way from pre-school through graduation and incorporation into the big, wide world as productive, creative, self-correcting adults. MONTESSORI provides a structured, ordered, safe environment that allows each child to explore at his or her own pace, and to develop the metacognitive skills that are needed to be productive, creative, and self-correcting (and happy).