All children learn differently: some are visual learners, some are audio learners and some are kinesthetic learners. Visual learners learn by watching and observing. A Montessori teacher (which includes you, the parent) will demonstrate a new activity for your child step by step, explaining it carefully, and will then let the child do it. For [...]
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Children have different learning styles: audio, visual and kinesthetic. The Montessori Method of learning and teaching caters to all these styles, but when you are helping your child learn at home, you will probably want to tailor the way you approach it. Audio learners learn best by listening and talking. This means that when you [...]
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When you teach your children a new skill at home, you’ll have a lot more success if you teach them the way a Montessori teacher would do it. It will take a little longer, but it certainly pays off in the long run. First of all, observe your child to make sure that he or [...]
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As a typical Montessori parent, you may have all these great plans to get your children eating more healthily. But if you’re like a typical modern family, there will be those days when you’re pushed for time, the kids are hungry and the local fast food outlets look very, very attractive. What are you going [...]
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What can they do? Two important Montessori principles that parents can apply at home are the strands of self-management and the idea that the teacher should observe the child and see what they are ready to learn. Take a good look at your child and what they are able to do in the home. Have [...]
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Self-management and the kitchen One of the Montessori strands of learning is self-management, which encourages children to learn how to look after themselves as they grow towards adulthood. While Montessori child care centres are able to apply this principle to a certain extent, home is probably the best place to learn self-management skills as applied [...]
