Montessori has become a parenting buzzword, one that attracts families to beautiful wooden toys that look lovely on the shelf. However, cultivating a Montessori home environment for your child is ...
Dr. Maria Montessori’s philosophy of activating a child’s natural curiosity to learn and develop independence is a concept that can be adapted from the classroom and integrated at home with ease. To ...
When my daughter was accepted into a public Montessori school at age 3, I only knew a few details about what that meant — a mixed-age classroom and special tools that children used that were called ...
I first learned about the Montessori method when I was in grad school for my master's degree in marriage and family therapy. This was well before I had my first child, so I wasn't looking at this way ...
Have you ever been in a preschool and not had your ears assaulted by screaming, fighting, or crying? The first time I stepped foot in a Montessori classroom and saw a child barely old enough to walk ...
As schools, nurseries and playgroups shut their doors, the majority of children are staying at home with their parents. Simone Davies, author of The Montessori Toddler, explains how to bring the ...
Parents often ask why children of different ages are learning together. It is unusual in a typical school, but mixed-age ...