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1. Montessori Education My daughter attended our local Montessori school for 3 years. I could not recommend this from of education strongly enough. Before she attended I really didn’t think it would be as amazing as it has turned out to be. The children who attend Mon...
2. Montessori or Traditional Child Care? In most traditional preschools the children are taught educational concepts in a group by a teacher. The Montessori education philosophy emphasizes the development of a child at the cognitive, social, and emotional level. Children learn on their own,...
3. Montessori My collection of Montessori writing is growing! To make locating pieces easier, I have gathered all my Montessori-related lenses together in one place. Be sure to check back as I will be adding new lenses as they are written. Image used under Creati...
4. Beginning Readers The first time my daughter read a book to me I was so excited and proud. Granted, it was only 9 pages long with 1-4 words on each page, but it was such an accomplishment for my just turned 5 year old. This lens offers wonderful book ideas for beginn...
5. Is Imagination More Important Than Knowledge? A debate inspired by an Albert Einstein quote... “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
6. The Child Friendly Bedroom As I was writing my lens on the Child Friendly Home, I realized that there was too much information for just one lens. Therefor this lens is devoted specifically to designing a child friendly bedroom. This will be a room that is not only safe for you...
7. Montessori Silence Game The Silence Game is a deliberate stilling of the body, an activity for practicing our listening skills and developing concentration. But it also happens spontaneously in every Montessori classroom at some point. A room buzzing with activity and life...
8. Teach Peace I truly believe that kindness matters and if we can strengthen the trait of compassion that humans show to one another, animals, and their environment it would rule out many of the problems and challenges we face in the world today and for our childr...
9. Becoming a Montessori Intern...things they don't tell you! Ladies and Gents, After reading this lense, you should have a new found appreciation for Montessori Teachers. I started my journey into Montessori this summer, and absolutely had NO clue what I was getting myself into. (perhaps that was a good thin...
10. Spoonfuls of Doodles' Zazzle Gallery Welcome to my Squidoo lens featuring some of the stuff I have for sale in my Zazzle Shop.
11. Montessori Methode Die Montessori Methode ist eine Bildungs-Methodik, die bereits im Jahre 1906 durch die italienische Ärztin Maria Montessori begründet wurde. Im Gegensatz zu der geschlossenen Methode, wie sie zum Beispiel im Frontalunterricht zum Einsatz ko...
12. How To Raise An Amazing Child A child has an amazing capacity to learn during the first six years of life! It is comforting to know specific things we can do as parents to optimize our children's learning. There are many ideas in this book that can be implemented without spendin...
13. Too Young For Scissors? Punch Outs Are the Answer! Students come into my Montessori classroom at age 3. A few have the fine motor skills to use scissors or hold a pencil correctly, but most are not yet ready. What they can do are paper punch outs! Using a simple push pin and a basic outline, you can...
14. Learning to Count with Frogs Learning to count can be a joyful hop around the Frog Pond. With this froggy theme, children count their way around the frog board, count the flies the frog eats and count the hidden frogs. From counting to 10 to helping in annual Frog Monitoring pr...
15. Montessori, Independence and Self-Esteem What drew me to Montessori as an educator was how children are shown how to build themselves as human beings. Adults are mere guides in their lives, lending support when needed. One of the first curriculum areas in a Montessori classroom a child is i...
16. Boredom Busting With Plastic Bottle Toys I realize that we shouldn't be buying bottled drinks - they are bad for the environment and usually bad for our health. As good as I try to be, I still have far too many plastic bottles hanging around the house until they can catch a ride to the recy...
17. Montessori Material Ein wichtiger Teil der von Maria Montessori begründeten Montessori Pädagogik bildet das Montessori Material. Mit dem Montessori Material "be-greift" das Kind den zu vermittelnden Lerninhalt. Ganz wichtig bei dem Montessori Material ist, das...
18. More Than Child Safe: A Child Friendly Home You spend hours making your home safe for your child by crawling around on your hands and knees, ensuring that all potential hazards are identified and then rectified. All the appropriate drawers and doors have safety latches, the outlets are covered...
19. Montessori Gold Coast
20. Montessori: Language and the Young Child Children easily acquire language skills from birth to the age of six. Maria Montessori called this the Sensitive Period for language. This makes it very important that children are surrounded by rich language from the time they are born, if not befor...