Category: Montessori

THE NOUN – Symbol

Quote:Silvana Montanaro – Understanding the Human Being

Self Esteem Participation in every day life develops a feeling of worthiness in a person called upon to share it in an active way. Children become not only users of the world in which they live, but also producers. The basic experience of being… Continue Reading “Quote:Silvana Montanaro – Understanding the Human Being”

Quote: Maria Montessori

“An adult works to perfect the environment; a child works to perfect himself.”

Guide the Child to Solve the Problem

Step one: Empathy “How sad.” “I bet that hurts”. Step Two: Send the “Power Message” “What do you think you’re going to to?” Step Three: Offer Choices “Would you like to hear what other kids have tried?” At this point offer a varizty of… Continue Reading “Guide the Child to Solve the Problem”

Multiple Intelligences

Montessori materials

Check out this site… Some free material for Montessorians…     http://www.montessorimaterials.org     It’s a nice site to receive some additional material. Ideal for ‘homeschoolers’, but also nice to add to a classroom…(mainly Children’s House and Lower Elementary/Primary).

Montessori – Read and Write

Reading and writing are the basic tools of modern living, and helping your child to read and write gives the best of all starts in life. Using the Montessori Method guarantees not only that your child will learn, but that he or she will… Continue Reading “Montessori – Read and Write”

Baking bread with your child

With children you can do lovely things such as ‘baking bread’ It’s very simple and a lot of fun.For children under three year it is best when all the ingredients are pre-measured and put in little plastic beakers. It facilitates the pouring into the… Continue Reading “Baking bread with your child”

Quote by M. Montessori

Dr. Montessori warned us, not to give ideas for imagination, facts should be first. They first have to be able to distinguish fantasy from facts. The child can create from facts, attained through making use of his intelligence. It is through imagination, that the… Continue Reading “Quote by M. Montessori”

Quote by Dr. Montessori

Dr. Montessori said: “At a certain moment, the children understand better with their feelings than their intellect”.