What is the difference between redirecting and distracting children from unwanted behavior? The biggest difference is in the approach. Redirection involves guidance; distraction merely diverts attention. Let’s look at a…
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Help me to help myself. —Maria MontessoriThe Child in the Family, p. 72. In her book Children Who are Not Yet Peaceful, Donna Bryant Goertz says, “We wisely welcome into…
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The child is the spiritual builder of mankind, and obstacles to his free development are the stones in the wall by which the soul of man has become imprisoned. —Maria…
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Children construct their own characters. —Maria MontessoriThe Absorbent Mind, p. 208. The Absorbent Mind, Chapter 20: Character Building is the Child’s Own Achievement Montessori tells us that the child’s sensitive…
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To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control, is to betray the idea of freedom. —Maria MontessoriThe Absorbent Mind, p.…
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