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Childrdqcarry memories of their first teacher through most of their lives. Mary Beth Martin is the perfect first teacher to fit those memories. Slender, blonde and pretty with a soft voice and quiet ways, she’s the kind that little boys dream of marrying and little girls imagine they’ll grow up to be like.
Mary Beth is director and only teacher at Shenandoah Woods Montessori School. Nestled back in the trees off Fodderstack Road, the school is a child’s world, a large doll house with everything scaled down to pint-size. Shelves, counters, cabinets, book cases—even the sink at one end of the science and art area—are built to accommodate three to five year olds without them having to stand on tip-toe and stretch.
Mary Beth opened the school with four students last fall and finished most of the year with only three. Her dedication to the Montessori method of teaching spurred her to continue, despites the disappointment of such a limited enrollment. “It meets children’s needs, at least for very young children. It sparks their interest,” she explained.
Mary Beth taught at a traditional public school in Culpeper but said she found
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