Many parents visiting a Montessori early childhood centre for the first time often notice that the children there are very well behaved. They say please and thank you (part of the graciousness strand of Montessori learning), and they tidy up their equipment when they’ve finished with it (part of self-care and part of the culture [...]
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Reading aloud is one of those things that anyone interested in early childhood education, Montessori or otherwise, can’t praise highly enough. Reading aloud is wonderful for building a child’s vocabulary and helping them learn a language. It’s also great quality time between a parent and child, and it fits in very nicely to a bedtime [...]
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There’s a lot to love about summer – longer days, a chance to go on holiday, fresh fruit and vegetables in abundance (if you’re a home gardener or if you like to snap up on-season produce at bargain prices at your local supermarket), barbecues and, for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas to [...]
