The Montessori Method focuses on the child as a motivated, self-driven learner. The student and teacher operate in balance with each other. Students select activities they wish to explore, while teachers support these choices and prepare a classroom environment that provides many opportunities for development. What...
The Montessori method, developed by Maria Montessori in Italy over 100 years ago, is unique among early childhood programs in its scientific and multifaceted approach to a child's intellectual, emotional, and social development. Freedom to Choose Each child is given the opportunity to choose the materials they...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0O6VAbnDt8 In the video, we see a mother cutting pineapple. She decides that the only way to teacher her daughter how to cut pineapple is to show her and have her practice. When her daughter wants to sell pineapple ice cream, her mother tells her to...
Our goal, as parents and teachers, is to raise self-reliant, confident children that make appropriate choices. Children have an innate desire to be independent. As soon as toddlers can form phrases, we often hear them say “me do it!” The role of adults is to...
Young children learn by doing! Think about your children – do they “get into everything?” This is perfectly normal, because we know that children acquire knowledge through interactions with the environment and people around them. In a Montessori classroom, materials are available to explore and manipulate,...
In Montessori, you often hear the phrase, “follow the child”. What exactly does that mean? As Montessori educators, we understand that children are not all the same. Each child has strengths in different areas, and learns at their own unique pace. In the classroom, not all...