Set Your Play Space Up For Success
In this how-to guide, our Director of Education, Olynda Smith, walks you through the best practices for setting up your play space for newborns, babies and toddlers.
In this how-to guide, our Director of Education, Olynda Smith, walks you through the best practices for setting up your play space for newborns, babies and toddlers.
The most essential thing I can share, may be surprising. To help kids learn to read we have to support their love of reading.Here are a few ways to do that
It can be so hard to hear our little ones express frustration or even worse witness them feeling deflated. We want our children to have confidence, perseverance, resilience and grit!
To begin, it is important to incorporate fine motor activities into your child's routine. Fine motor activities allow your child to build the necessary muscles in their fingers and wrists...
You are not alone! Kids throw things for different reasons. One reason is that they may be in a moment of deep learning. Really!
There is so much to love about Montessori. Often, parents love it because their kids come home happy, while making leaps and bounds academically and socially. My reason for recommending...
An effective toy rotation can help manage the chaos and clutter of modern play spaces. But the real benefit is the impact it can have on your child.
A Montessori toy shelf is a low, open, organized wood shelf where children can access and select the toy of their choosing. This simple design is a staple in Montessori classrooms and...
The concept of “following the child” was a revolutionary idea when Dr. Maria Montessori introduced it. Now, a hundred years later, it is still revolutionary. It is also often misunderstood.
The use of trays and baskets help create a deep sense of order, foster independence, add to the beauty of the space and enable you to gather items to be...
“Yes” spaces are a place within your home (or outdoor space) that are set-up specifically for your baby or toddler to explore freely without hearing “no, don’t touch that!”
You may have noticed that young children can spend long periods of time doing the same thing over and over again. This may seem puzzling to an adult observer until...