Category Archives for Baby
Is RIE approach compatible with Montessori?
In today's blog post, I want to explore an alternative method called RIE, ressource for infant educator. It's very popular among parents especially for the first year of their baby.Is it similar to Montessori?
Continue readingwhat is the 4th trimester? The Montessori baby series
Our babies are born too early. Compared to all other mammal’s babies, the human being new-born is very immature and fragile.Human babies are also the ones who take the longest to mature to functional
Continue readingBabyled weaning & Montessori
Weaning the Montessori way:When the weaning process has started, when the child can sit and enjoys sitting at the weaning table, the child and his parents develop a new relationship. The child is not fed
Continue readingElimination communication or toilet learning without a diaper
Today, I have the pleasure to share this interview with Kate Jacoba Arnold, an Elimination communication coach, based in Holland. More info about her coaching here. And her facebook group here.Elimination
Continue readingPotty training or Toilet learning the Montessori way
Is your child ready to potty train? Are you wondering how to start, when to start and basically what to do?Read below or watch the video: (don't forget to download your step by step Montessori
Continue readingMassage for children – a weather story and other resources!
Do you remember attending a baby massage class with your little one?With older children, once they are weaned and potty trained. we might feel that they don't want to be touch anymore but many studies
Continue readingMontessori Parenting: was Montessori supportive of breastfeeding?
On the last day of the International breastfeeding week, I want to share more info about breastfeeding and Montessori.To start with, let me emphasis that I welcome and support all kind of families and
Continue readingMontessori baby – the topponcino
Until recently, unless you were a Montessori teacher with an AMI training for birth to 3, you would probably never have heard of the topponcino.When I had my first child, I had no clue what it was. Even
Continue readingThe Spiritual embryo – A chapter from the Absorbent mind
Maria Montessori introduces the concept of “spiritual embryo” explaining that the newborn has to do a psychological work as the embryo did a physical work. She insists on the word “formative” and
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