4-Week Course: Helping Your Child with Montessori Learning at Home
Let the learning adventure begin! You’ll find all your lessons below.
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Understanding Montessori Education and Creating a Montessori-Friendly Environment
Parents will understand the Montessori philosophy and how to set up their home environment for Montessori learning.
Parents will understand the Montessori philosophy and how to set up their home environment for Montessori learning.
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Activities for Parents and Children
Key Concepts:
The Montessori Method: Child-centered, hands-on learning that promotes independence, responsibility, and intrinsic motivation.
Prepared Environment: The home should provide opportunities for independent exploration. Materials should be accessible, organized, and child-friendly.
Respect for the Child: Encouraging autonomy and allowing children to learn through mistakes.
Key Concepts:
The Montessori Method: Child-centered, hands-on learning that promotes independence, responsibility, and intrinsic motivation.
Prepared Environment: The home should provide opportunities for independent exploration. Materials should be accessible, organized, and child-friendly.
Respect for the Child: Encouraging autonomy and allowing children to learn through mistakes.
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Promoting Independence through Practical Life Skills
Parents will learn how to use everyday tasks to promote self-reliance and fine motor development.
Parents will learn how to use everyday tasks to promote self-reliance and fine motor development.
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Observe your child’s growing independence.
Key Concepts:
Practical Life Exercises: Activities like pouring, spooning, and buttoning help children develop coordination, concentration, and independence.
Respect for the Child's Pace: Allow the child to attempt tasks without rushing in to assist.
Control of Error: Montessori materials often contain a built-in “error,” so children can assess their work independently.
Key Concepts:
Practical Life Exercises: Activities like pouring, spooning, and buttoning help children develop coordination, concentration, and independence.
Respect for the Child's Pace: Allow the child to attempt tasks without rushing in to assist.
Control of Error: Montessori materials often contain a built-in “error,” so children can assess their work independently.
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Nurturing Curiosity and the Love of Learning
Parents will understand how to cultivate their child’s natural curiosity and support learning through exploration.
Parents will understand how to cultivate their child’s natural curiosity and support learning through exploration.
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How can you provide more opportunities for curiosity?
Key Concepts:
Freedom within Limits: Allow your child to explore freely within a safe and structured environment.
Hands-On Learning: Use concrete materials to help your child grasp abstract concepts (e.g., counting with objects or using nature as a learning tool).
Follow the Child’s Interests: Support and guide your child’s interests, even if they are not part of a typical curriculum.
Key Concepts:
Freedom within Limits: Allow your child to explore freely within a safe and structured environment.
Hands-On Learning: Use concrete materials to help your child grasp abstract concepts (e.g., counting with objects or using nature as a learning tool).
Follow the Child’s Interests: Support and guide your child’s interests, even if they are not part of a typical curriculum.
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Fostering Social and Emotional Development
Parents will learn to foster social and emotional growth through empathy, communication, and conflict resolution.
Parents will learn to foster social and emotional growth through empathy, communication, and conflict resolution.
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Paying attention to your child’s social interactions
Key Concepts:
Grace and Courtesy: These lessons focus on manners, respect, and kindness (e.g., saying “please” and “thank you,” offering help).
Conflict Resolution: Teach children to express their feelings, negotiate, and solve problems respectfully.
Community and Cooperation: Encourage collaboration in tasks, such as group play or shared chores.
Key Concepts:
Grace and Courtesy: These lessons focus on manners, respect, and kindness (e.g., saying “please” and “thank you,” offering help).
Conflict Resolution: Teach children to express their feelings, negotiate, and solve problems respectfully.
Community and Cooperation: Encourage collaboration in tasks, such as group play or shared chores.
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Our mission is to foster a love of learning in your little ones, through creative lesson plans and prompts.
“A creative education has the power to catapult children into a lifetime of curiosity.”
— Heba, Founder of Academicia Montessori
