The Montessori curriculum covers a variety of subjects, including music – although it is often overlooked. Creative arts such as music or visual arts are often sadly undervalued in education, both traditional and Montessori – when in actuality, they bring a complex array of rich experiences and hold vast importance in your child’s development, as well as...
There is so much in the world to discover! And young children are trying to learn everything they can. Maria Montessori described an inner drive that every child has to explore and be independent. If a child’s world moves too quickly and to many things are done for them they can become passive and miss all...
The Balance Between Consistency and Change In Montessori practice, we talk frequently about consistency so much so that sometimes we can fear change. Consistency is a cornerstone of preparing environments for toddlers. Everything in the world is so big and new for toddlers that consistency helps them prepare and know what to expect. Toddlers are looking...
Building a new Relationship Montessori goes beyond a method of education to an understanding of how to support natural development. Maria Montessori’s philosophy and developmental theories help us understand what the development needs are at certain points in life and the practice and implementation help us follow each child’s individual inner guide or developmental path through kindness...
The Montessori angle on finding and offering books that will make your child fall in love with reading
The Montessori educational theory is a strange beast – in that, at its core, it is not about pedagogy at all.
A picture is the first content of a book that a child can „read“. Thanks to pictures, a child can understand a story without knowing how to read, interpreting the main figures/animals, the environment, and the situations from the visuals. From illustrated facial expressions and body language the child can also tell emotions. Enjoying a good book raises a love and...
Leila Smeyatsky Jacobs
Emily Suarez
Michaela Tučková
International Montessori School of Prague