Montessori Minute
Montessori Minute ~ Bare Essentials
{disclosure: this post contains affiliate links} 806Save This is a guest post written by John Bowman If you have a Bachelor’s degree, a year off, and $ to spare, you...
Montessori Minute ~ Making Learning Materials with OIL
{disclosure: this post contains affiliate links} This is a guest post written by John Bowman, author of Montessori at Home! For this Montessori Minute, I’ve included an excerpt from...
Montessori Minute ~ Great Questions
This is a guest post written by John Bowman, author of Montessori at Home! I received some great questions from an enthusiastic parent, and since they are questions many parents...
Montessori Minute ~ Toys vs. Learning Materials
The media - toymaker industrial complex, borrowing a sixties phrase, depends on quickly turning our children into rabid consumers. Really, our way of life in developed countries depends on it;...
Montessori Minute ~ Concentration & Normalization
Maria Montessori spent decades promoting the cause of the young child and defining the field of child development for future generations. She said: “Normalization is the single most important result...
Montessori Minute ~ Positive Self Image
How Does a Child Develop a Positive Self Image? We want our child to be confident and ‘feel good about herself’. We want him to welcome challenges, not shrink from...
Montessori Minute ~ What is Montessori?
What is Montessori, Really? Parents regularly ask me what Montessori is. My stock answer includes a mini-bio of Maria Montessori and information about the benefits of a Montessori Prepared Environment...
Montessori Minute ~ The Three Part Lesson
The Three Part Lesson ~ A Montessori teaching tool you can use at home We teach our children so many names for things! Colors, shapes, numbers, letters, names of plants...
Montessori Minute ~ Where Do I Start?
Welcome back to Montessori Minute! These posts are written to support and encourage parents who are doing (or want to do) early learning activities at home in a Montessori way....
Montessori Minute ~ A Preschooler’s Guide to Home Improvement
Going to the home improvement store with your folks? Thinking you’ll be bored stiff by all that grownup stuff you can’t touch? Don’t be so sure. There might be things...
Q & A with Montessori Minute’s John Bowman
The following questions were asked on our very first Montessori Minute post about sensory play. Mr. Bowman was so generous to take time each day to come and answer questions...
Montessori Minute ~ Understanding Dr. Maria Montessori
19Save First, thanks to Carisa for creating Montessori Minute here on 1+1+1=1! It is wonderful to be associated with this outstanding blog. Many parents have questions about Montessori education and...