“When you hold an infant, hold him not just with your body, but with your mind and heart.” – Magda Gerber In our continuing blog series studying the works of…
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“Children become like the things they love.” — Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, p. 101 A carefully prepared environment is central to the teachings of Maria Montessori. We often think…
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Children have a deep sense of fairness. At each stage of development the concept of fairness differs. For preschool children, the idea of fairness means following the rules and sharing.…
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“The child’s nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.” — Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, p. 83. I taught a parenting class once where I asked the…
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“Special care should be shown for the psychic life of the newborn child. If it already has such a life at birth, how much greater will this be as it…
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