The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being (The Parents' Guide to Montessori Book 1)

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So, take time to let your child observe an animal that lives in your area, ideally in its natural environment. I'm definitely going to reread this book many, many times, and I've already highlighted and scrubbed in the margins. Collect various objects around the house that are all the same color, such as blueberries, blue buttons, and blue crayons. Lastly, this includes respecting each child’s individual development and pace/style of learning, whether at home or at school.

Water painting allows children's imagination to run as they play around with the different colors and see how they all work together. These observations give us the information we need to prepare a proper environment for each child's development, and to rotate materials and activities as they grow and their interests change.I personally see value in incompleteness, because one can improvise and find another way to engage into this activity.

Every three months, you will get a kit containing activities and toys supporting your child's current development phase. Look, if you take it too literal and banish Santa Claus from your kid's culture and ship them off to the farm to work as teens and everything, you might be displeased with the Montessori ways, but if you enter into it flexible, taking what is useful for you, it's a delight. Informacija pateikta labai glaustai, estetiškai ir papildyta nuostabiomis iliustracijomis bei nuotraukomis. So I set up a station filled with empty conditioner bottles with pumps, and he now spends huge chunks of time calmly fitting long narrow shapes into bottle openings. Acknowledging the effort they put into something rather than the end result also encourages children to seek out challenges more often, and to do activities because it feels good rather than because they want praise.

Declutter your child's spaces and set them up so that s/he may be as independent as possible (can reach toys and access things like water and tissues). Step-by-step ways to cultivate daily routines with ease, like brushing teeth, toilet-training, dealing with siblings, losing the pacifier. I’ve slowly started implementing the other methods from the book, such as simple household chores he can help with—like getting his own plate or cup, helping pick out his clothes, putting clothes in the hamper—and encouraging exploration outdoors, etc.