Tag: Tendencies

Multiple Intelligences

Guess how much I love you….

One of the nicest books ever. I know, that most of you might know it, yet it is worth to be mentioned by EJ and in case one doesn’t know it, … , make sure you will get it and read it to your… Continue Reading “Guess how much I love you….”

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).

Storytelling

Like I mentioned yesterday, I was following a workshop by Priscilla Howe, on storytelling. It was very nice and I want to share with you her link and give you some informatin on what she talked about. One topic I really liked was the… Continue Reading “Storytelling”

Quote – PLATO

WISE MEN TALK BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY; FOOLS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. (Plato)

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 Dr. M. Montessori

Dr. Montessori talked about… The children need to be able to imagine for themselves and reflect on these ideas. It is only in introducing the children to the universe in this way, that we are making use of the psychological characteristics in the second… Continue Reading “Quote by Dr. M. Montessori”

Quote on Cosmic Education

Dr. Montessori said: “We have continually repeated that the child has revealed to us in a clear and human way that there exists within human nature an impulse towards work. And he has the shown us that upon the circumstances of this impulse depends… Continue Reading “Quote on Cosmic Education”

The Four Planes of Development II

THE FOUR PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT The four Planes (or phases) of development is an overall vision of Montessori’s developmental psychology from infancy to adulthood. Her vision of the whole of development and growth was not her own. It provides a holistic view of the… Continue Reading “The Four Planes of Development II”

Sow the Seeds

Quote by Maria Montessori: “Sow the seeds of culture… How many?…As many as possible”.