From time to time, I’ll share here a Montessori moment or two. You know those moments when you think to yoursel, “this is why I do Montessori.” In my class today, one of the children had put some hair clips in their hair. On deciding they didn’t want them anymore, they slid them out and […]
Tour of a Montessori toddler classroom in Amsterdam
In my last newsletter I showed people a picture of our Montessori toddler classroom after we’d just started back to school after the summer break: I’d made a few changes and I asked if people would like to have a look around. And it was a unanimous “yes please!”. So I did a little Facebook […]
Montessori activities vs open-ended play
Today I’m talking about why I’m not giving up on Montessori activities in exchange for open-ended play. My opinion, in short, is that there is room for both. When I observe toddlers, I see the satisfaction they get from mastering activities in our Montessori environment. As their guide, I’m always observing to see what they […]
Surviving the holidays with siblings – a Montessori teacher’s top 10 tips
In all this time writing the blog, I somehow have never written a full post about siblings. I did make this infographic here from the book Siblings without Rivalry – my go to source for approaching disputes between siblings, raising siblings without rivalry, and keeping your sanity. So with the holidays here in the Northern Hemisphere just […]