Learning How to Care
How can we help our young children to learn how to care for themselves and about the others? Here’s an interesting read: http://www.kidstalknews.com/2012/11/learning-how-to-care.html
Entries by One World Montessori
Learning to Set Goals
Is goal setting an adult-oriented skill set? Or can we teach our children how to properly formulate goals and the strategic and tactical steps to achieve them? Here is an interesting article on the subject: http://www.kidstalknews.com/2012/12/learning-to-set-goals.html
Kindergarten or the 3rd Montessori Year?
What’s so important about the third year in a Montessori program? How is it different from kindergarten? What’s best for my 5-year-old? Listen to an interesting recording with Maren Schmidt: http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=53485077
Learning to be Good at Doing Things
At Montessori we know that children learn by watching people perform tasks, instead of giving them chores. If we give them the necessary tools and enough amount of time, they will learn to do the task on their own. By repeating it again and again, the children will learn how to master it. Here’s another […]
Learning to Make Choices
We are living in the middle of a technological revolution. Jobs that are available today will not exist 20 years from now. Our children will use technologies that we cannot even think of today. So, how can we teach our children to navigate in the fast-moving world that they will live in? Here’s an interesting […]
Learning to Deal with Change
The world around us is changing. Some changes are good and some are not in our favor. How can we cope with them? And most importantly, how do we prepare our children to deal with these changes? Here’s an interesting article by Maren Schmidt: http://www.kidstalknews.com/2012/09/learning-to-deal-with-change.html
Manifesto for a Happier World
We all want to lead a happy life. But in our quest for ‘progress’ we’ve been pursuing priorities that put our happiness at risk – not just for us as individuals, but for society as a whole. Our collective aim should be a society with the greatest possible human happiness and wellbeing – with policies, […]
New Research Shows Greater Gains for Students in Classic Montessori Programs
New research into preschool children’s development in Montessori environments by Dr. Angeline Lillard of the University of Virginia has shown that children in classic Montessori programs, such as One World’s, show larger gains in executive function, social problem solving, and academic skills. The Primary Staff would like to share Dr. Lillard’s study, Preschool Children’s Development […]
Recommended Blog: Name Calling, Insults, and Teasing
Name Calling, Insults, and Teasing: A Guide to Anger, Conflict, and Respect, is a blog published by Dr. Jeff Rubin. Dr. Rubin has taught conflict resolution at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota, as well as at other institutions including clinics, correctional facilities, and public schools. His blog features suggestions for working through conflict […]
How to Prepare Your Child’s Home Environment
A beautiful, organized, and uncluttered home environment can help in many ways: dressing and undressing is simplified; the favorite book and toy is always within reach; the child can participate in the life of the family and feel needed; challenging work that focuses the child’s attention and fulfills her needs is always available; a more […]