This school year marks a big shift for our family since I started working as a teaching intern to complete my Montessori credential requirements. My older daughter is in first grade and my younger daughter is in the toddler program at my school. We survived the first month and look forward to the rest of the school year to learn and grow tremendously in our respective schools. I have really missed the social aspect of having co-teachers and seeing many children play and run around. As lovely homeschooling was for us in the past two years, I feel that going outside the home for school opens up so many opportunities for interaction and personal growth for my daughters and I.