Summary
Simone Davies: The Montessori Child
A Parent's Guide to Raising Curious and Responsible Human Beings
Turn an ordinary home into a Montessori home… And become a MORE AWARE, CAREFUL AND RELAXED PARENT. It's time to change the way we look at early childhood education! Drawing on principles developed by educator Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with early-age children into a rich and mutually beneficial time filled with curiosity, learning, respect, and discovery. With hundreds of practical ideas for every aspect of life with a young child, here's how we'll: stay composed when the child is away and set boundaries with love and respect, organize your home and get rid of chaos, create Montessori activities suitable for a child from one to three years old, raise curious students who love to explore the world around them, experience surprise and delight by looking at the world through a child's eyes. Simone Davies is a Montessori teacher and author of the Montessori Notebook, a popular blog and Instagram profile where she gives advice, answers questions and holds online workshops for parents around the world. A native of Australia, he lives with his family in Amsterdam, where he holds courses for parents and children at the Jacaranda Tree Montessori school. Early children can be a double-edged sword - one moment they make you laugh, the next they bring you to the brink of tears. They don't listen, they throw things, they don't want to sleep, eat, go to the toilet. But children are just trying to understand the world around them and find their place in it. Inspired by years of observing children at an early age, Dr. Maria Montessori developed a holistic method for helping children learn what nature—not their traditional teachers or jaded parents—is and intended. Now Simone Davies, a trained Montessori teacher, is reshaping that method into a program for parents. Here you'll learn five principles to encourage your child's natural curiosity, but first you need to trust your child and encourage his sense of wonder. You will learn how to arrange a space following the principles of the Montessori approach, including furniture adapted to the child's height, and how to organize all the elements of an activity in one place, adhering to the old saying "less is more". You'll come across chapters on fostering collaboration and setting boundaries. Step by step, you will learn how to incorporate this way of life into everyday life and routines such as meals, sleeping, brushing teeth, going to the toilet, relationship with siblings, saying goodbye to the pacifier. Also, you will get to know some wonderful Montessori skills, such as the so-called Montessori coat turn. All this takes you even deeper, and thus you become more aware and better parents - parents who can really be present, who can handle tantrums and problem behavior without bribery, threats or punishment, who can foster cooperation, set appropriate boundaries, be the child's guides and sincerely celebrate each developmental stage. With its cheerful, airy design and colorful illustrations and photographs, the book brings the feelings and values of a real Montessori classroom – and brings them into your home.
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