Montessori identified a number of “Sensitive Periods,” times when children’s development motivated them toward an interest in particular…
The Sensitive Periods: Movement
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Montessori Monday: Word Building with the Large Moveable Alphabet
Our Montessori classroom is rich with language, from the casual conversations children enjoy between friends and teachers to the formal…
Lost in Translation: When the People Who Love Your Child Disagree
Most children are blessed with a number of different adults who care for them across their lives: parents, grandparents, aunts and…
The Kind of Help a Kid Can Do Without
“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” – Maria Montessori Because we care deeply about our children, we seek…
The Sensitive Periods
“At such a time everything is easy; all is life and enthusiasm. Every effort marks an increase in power. Only when the goal has been…
Montessori Monday: The Knobbed Cylinders
You’d be hard pressed to visit any Montessori early childhood classroom in the world and not find the Knobbed Cylinders on the shelf….
Children & Coffee
It’s a peaceful Saturday morning and the house is casually flopping about. You have a great idea: a family walk down to your local coffee…
Sharing is Caring, Except…
“Share with your friends!” “Remember to share!” “Give your friend some!” Children who share are seen as more generous, more kind, more…
Grace and Courtesy: Teaching Manners Matters
Emily Post once wrote, “ Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners,…
Quiet!
“Why is it so quiet?” If you’re expecting your child’s classroom to be more like a circus than a sanctuary, you may be surprised by how…