New article coming...

I have recently read an interesting post on attachment parenting and Montessori and this got me thinking...are these theories of childhood compatible? I am a die-hard Montessori believer through and through, yet also find myself strongly drawn to attachment parenting and its tenets. I have been working on an article to this effect and will be posting it in the next few days...so keep your eyes peeled!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

5 things...the sixth month

Image
1.     Your baby will enjoy nursery rhymes, finger plays and other shared games. If you can find a Suzuki ECE class nearby, try it out. The Suzuki and Montessori Philosophies are very compatible 2.     Anticipation and surprise are something new for your baby. Peek-a-Boo games, and toys that offer surprises will begin to provide amusement for your baby and some shared laughter 3.     Your baby’s interest in books is growing and they will want to start turning the pages and holding on to the book themselves. Make a homemade book with several blank pages, and then including one surprise page with a pattern on it, somewhere in the book. 4.     Family and friends you see regularly will soon become favourite people as your baby’s social awareness develops. Make a book of favourite people using a soft photo album, or a custom board book Your baby might begin teething at this age – offering toys that they can chew and bite will he...
Read more

Free Download

Image
Spreading some love... Here is a free download to make a set of Inside Outside Fruit Cards . Simply print, laminate, cut and round the corners for a fun toddler activity. Toddlers do not learn from looking at pictures! They learn about their world by experiencing it through taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell. Please, please, please use these cards in the way they were designed to be presented... Choose one card, and then go out and buy that fruit from your grocer... Spend some time with your toddler looking at the fruit, touching it, smelling it...cut it open and taste it, tell her what it is called... When she has had enough, bring out the pictures and say "outside" and "inside". When you have presented more than one fruit in this way...you can play the card game... Try simple matching at first - print out two sets Then try matching the inside pictures to the outside pictures Then try playing a simple memory game with only two or three pairs... If you have enjo...
Read more