Instead, specially designed furniture supports your child’s budding independence, including bars for pulling up, mirrors to reflect body movement, and a sleeping area with individual floor beds/mats, and child-sized tables and chairs rather than high chairs. I have been busy with this list of Montessori activities for babies, toddlers and preschoolers for weeks! The Montessori method often highlights the importance of letting children participate in everyday household activities and creating an environment where they are able to do so according to their abilities.

The school strives to have students reach their full potential, gain strong physical, creative, and communication skills, and develop confidence as individuals. Some of its unique components include three-hour time blocks for activities, mixed-age classrooms, and specific learning materials and curricula. The layout of the chapter is beautiful to look at and makes you feel instantly calm with its neutral tones, subtle illustrations and small segments with pauses and breaks.

So although these chapters encouraged and inspired me to try harder to take life at a slower pace, they also left me feeling inadequate as a parent. One hundred fifty-nine 7 to 12-year-olds were tested longitudinally on five different tasks that focused on divergent and integrative thinking. The second plane of development is also the period in which children begin to formulate their moral sense and transition to slightly more abstract ways of thinking (Marshall, 2017). Small children are fascinated by different locks and they can improve their patience and concentration when discovering different latches. At 20 years old, she graduated from the Regio Istituto Tecnico Leonardo in Rome with a certificate in physics-mathematics and decided to go on to study medicine.

When you find yourself struggling with the morning or evening routine, use the cards to help your child feel more in control of the process.

Its compact design combined with a high level of engagement makes it an ideal companion for traveling. She believed that engaging in self-directed activities in a carefully structured environment can greatly foster self-construction and help a student reach their full potential.