The kind and fabulous preschool blogger Deborah Stewart at Teach Preschool recently reached 20,000 Teach Preschool Facebook members (over 21,000 now)! In honor of that event, bloggers have been publishing posts for each letter of the alphabet. In “Celebrating the ABC’s of Teaching Preschool,” what would I write, of course, but “M is for Montessori”?!…
Tag Archive: Maria Montessori
Help Your Child Develop Persistence by Using Montessori Principles
This post is part of the Teach/Learn Carnival. This month our theme for Teach/Learn was Persistence, something that is needed to string all the pieces together and achieve something big. “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not;…
Why Is Analysis of Movement Important in Montessori Education?
You may have noticed that I spend a lot of time emphasizing practical life, or daily living, exercises for preschoolers. Those are the exercises for control of movement, care of self, care of the environment, and grace and courtesy. Activities in each of those areas have obvious practical benefits. Even more important are the skills…
Top 5 Homeschool Lessons My Children Taught Me
Welcome to the January Carnival of Natural Parenting: Learning from children This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared the many lessons their children have taught them. Please read to the end to find a…
Encourage Your Child’s Sensitive Periods
Maria Montessori believed that young children have inner aids that help their development. You can help your child by watching for and encouraging those inner aids. I wrote before about one of the inner aids – the young child’s “absorbent mind.” Another inner aid is what Maria Montessori called “sensitive periods.” Sensitive periods are blocks of…
Top 3 Montessori Principles You Can Use with Your Preschooler
Dr. Maria Montessori brought a new method of education to the world in the early 1900s. Children are still benefiting today. Whether or not your preschooler attends a Montessori school, you can help your child by following some basic Montessori principles at home. I’m the guest blogger at Village of Moms today! Follow me to…
Your Young Child’s Amazing, Absorbent Mind
Last week, I talked about my son, Will’s, fascination at a young age with matching small objects to sandpaper letters according to each object’s initial sound. His intense interest led him to learn the phonetic sounds effortlessly. He even called it the “fun game.” More was at work than interest, though. We often hear about the…
Learning to Read Can Be Just a Fun Game
Welcome to the July Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival. The Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival hosted by Science@home is for anyone, because we are all teachers and learners all the time. This month our theme is “English”, including Speaking, Listening, Reading and Viewing. I think our bloggers have covered all of these and there are lots of resources and…
Montessori and the Future of Education
I found the following video fascinating because it approaches Montessori education from the viewpoint of neuroscience and brain development. In the video, Dr. Steve Hughes, a pediatric neuropsychologist, talks about Montessori education while accompanied by Montessori images. He advocates Montessori as a method of education, saying: Education should be about the development of the person . . . not about…
How to Teach Your Preschooler Manners Using Montessori Principles
Maria Montessori believed young children have a deep sense of dignity and want to do the right thing. You can use Montessori techniques to teach your child how to do the right thing. Here are some Montessori principles you can use at home to teach manners. 1. Emphasize practical life activities to help your child develop…
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I'm Deb Chitwood. My header photo models are my children, Christina, at 1 1/2, my son, Will, at 3, and Christina again at 16. Christina is now 22, and Will is 27. Please see the About Me page for more information about my family and me. Please see the About Montessori page for information about Montessori. -
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