Preparing for the First Day of School: 0-3
Whether this is the first time your child is headed to school or you're preparing for your youngest of six, the first day of school...
Summer with your Infant/Toddler
This is a curious summer. Some children have returned to school after months away. Others are still at home with their families, maybe...
Mealtime in the First Plane: 0-3
Montessori classrooms for infants and toddlers are designed with four primary areas in mind: sleeping, toileting or diapering, eating and...
Aggression in the First Plane
While Montessori classrooms are generally peaceful places to be, and Montessori teachers describe the intrinsic peacefulness of the...
Montessori Monday: Transferring
It's a sort of curious activity to watch: a young child, mesmerized, repeatedly transferring some small object from one container to...
Math and the Infant/Toddler
You may have noticed the beautiful Math materials in Montessori early childhood and elementary classrooms. Enticing and elegant, a few...
Empathy in the First Plane: 0-3
Are children naturally empathetic? You may have heard of the phenomenon of infants crying in a nursery, reacting to each other's cries in...
Concentration in the First Plane: 0-3
Feeling distracted? Overwhelmed? Like your checklist keeps getting longer but you have less and less time to get it done? In a climate so...
The Freedom to Interact (Or Not) in the First Plane: 0-3
The Freedom to Interact with Others reflects one of Montessori's Tendencies of Humans: the Tendency toward Communication. We understand...
Separation Stress in Infant & Toddler
No one wants to see their child sad, especially not at those transition moments when you’re leaving for work or saying goodbye at the...