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Montessori ideas about sleep
The way our babies and toddlers sleep is something that intrigues most parents. We wonder when our baby will sleep through the night. We wonder if we have to train our children to sleep independently.
Continue readingReading Parenting books vs practicing what we read!
Reading parenting books vs Practicing what we read!I'm a parenting books junkie! I've been reading books about child's development and parenting since forever! Even as a teenager, I was reading my
Continue readingCan we do Montessori at home if our child does not go to a Montessori school?
Children are back to school. You may wonder how to keep up with the Montessori approach If they are not going to Montessori school.Here in the UK, we do not have so many Montessori schools for children
Continue readingMontessori is not only for rich people!
Montessori is not only for the rich!If I had a penny for every time I was told that, I would be rich!In the past, Montessori was limited to a style of education, to private school and expensive trainings.
Continue readingWar, Weapon, Superhero Play and Montessori
Today I'm delighted to welcome Leanne Ridgeway for a guest post about Superhero play. It's a topic I wanted to learn more about. I have a son who is deeply into "super heroes". He loves to play "fighting"
Continue readingSupporting children through change – Montessori Parenting
Back in March, Eloise Rickman from Frida Be mighty, asked me to write a piece for her parenting book "Extraordinary parenting".We are now in December and we are still fighting a pandemic. As parents,
Continue readingMontessori gifts that are more important than toys
I am writing this blog post as a reminder of what is important. In the middle of the gift season, we might forget about the non-material aspect of parenting and go into a frantic mode, spending on
Continue reading10 Montessori Principles for parents
How Montessori is relevant to parents?⠀⠀Montessori was first a "method of education". Although Maria Montessori didn't want to call her observations a method per se. For her, she had only uncovered
Continue readingI say No to the Montessori shelfie
Why I say No to the Montessori shelfie, aka taking a picture for your Social Media of what is your Montessori shelf. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carine - Montessori
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