Have you ever had the chance to ask a Montessori teacher a question, something that is really troubling you, and they’ve said, “Just observe.” As a Montessori teacher who has done 250 hours of observation in my training and every day in the classroom for the last 15+ years, it’s absolutely the best advice we […]
Does Montessori prepare children for the real world?
Everyone is so kind and gentle in Montessori. How does this help our children in the real world where not everyone is so kind? What about when you have to do something? One part of Montessori is removing obstacles. We try to set up our homes and classrooms so the children can have as much success […]
10 ways we can show respect to our child
One thing about the Montessori approach is how we show respect to the child. The most powerful way for us to teach our child how to respect others is for us to model it and for them to absorb it every day. 10 ways we can show respect to our child Soft hands – the […]
The Decalogue of Montessori
Ok. So maybe the language is a bit bossy. But there is so much wisdom to be found in the “Decalogue of Montessori” that I’m hanging it up in my classroom in Amsterdam. The oldest version of the Decalogue of Montessori was found in a 1992 AMI Journal. Not necessarily written by Dr Montessori herself, […]