A Discussion About ‘Online Preschool’

The Lifetime Montessori Difference: Child Development via Peer Learning Lovingly Taught

Timeouts Are Ineffective!

What can we parents do before our child becomes unruly and undisciplined?

The Montessori Method Difference Explained

When today’s children ignore a warning to stop misbehaving, parents put them in a quiet, isolated, and safe place in the home with an admonishment to “think about what you’ve done wrong.”

Nurturing Concentration

A big part of the Toddler's work at this time of year is spent on socialization. We continue to work on our listening and verbal skills, controlling our impulses, helping each other and on cooperation.

During this period of development, the children are beginning to learn how to resolve conflicts with each other. We attempt to provide them with the tools and then observe to see whether or not they are able to resolve their conflicts.

Practical Ways to Help Toddlers at Home

I’d like to share some tips and ideas on Practical Ways to Help Toddlers at Home. The following are a few general examples to be implemented in the home.

Toddlers are now able to have more control with their fine motor skills and have more understanding and heightened curiosity about the world. Parents can pass on values with small activities and help the child increase their self-confidence in their daily lives.

Montessori Method Helps Children Complete Rather Than Quit Their Tasks

In Montessori Method teaching, ‘quit’ is a word we don’t use.

Our focus is on helping students overcome problems and challenges to reach answers. Because we teach children in such a way as to build their self-motivation, self-worth, self-esteem, self-awareness, independence, and leadership, we help them overcome their fears and frustrations via our positive teaching and guidance. In other words, we aim to build the whole child.

Building Confidence in Your Child Starts with You

Raising Can and Able Children

How can we raise confident children in a growing world of negativity?

As parents, our job is to build our children up by fostering their independence and allowing them the time to act on their natural curiosity.

If you tell your children you believe in them, then they will believe in themselves. A confident child develops and displays belief in his or her abilities that manifests itself as self-trust.

Raising Children Without Favoritism

Does your child favor your spouse over you?

Toddlers and preschoolers go through phases when they play favorites with their parents. Indeed, as teachers embracing the Montessori Method, we see and hear your children's interactions with peers and adults daily. There are ways to ensure positive behaviors from our toddlers and preschoolers who may love one of us over the other. Let's first get a handle on why this happens.

Toddler Independence at Home

To help focus on how you can help your toddler be more independent at home, we've created this post for you to consider when it comes to encouraging toddler independence:

Practice scooping, pouring, and filling containers:
- Your child can practice this in the sandbox, bathtub, or with food. Anything that requires scooping and getting something to go to a specific destination is good practice to help your toddler prepare to use utensils. Consider working with uncooked rice or cereal. Scoop it up with a spoon and pour it into muffin cups or ice trays.

Breakfast is a Good Start

I have noticed that some children are cranky mid-morning or start asking for food earlier than snack time and would like to share a little about the importance of eating breakfast every morning. Studies show that 30 percent of U.S. Children skip breakfast every day. This means those children might never realize their full academic potential because breakfast consumption has been shown to enhance cognitive performance and improve memory and attention span.

Preparing Meals With Your Toddler

One of the things I’ve realized as a Montessori teacher and mom is how easy it is to transform what children learn in class to how that transfers at home. With just a few adjustments, we’ve given the children everything they need to be a participant at home. They feel as though they have a role to play in their sphere when they can participate. By creating ‘child size’ spots in the kitchen, children will have their place to get their dishes—and to place their dirty dishes. They find pride in caring for their space.

Toddler Program