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The Importance of Letting Children Struggle
A few weeks ago, Henry and I were at a party, and a woman was talking to us. She noticed that Henry was looking at her bracelet, so she held it up for him to get a better look at it. Once she did that, Henry started reaching out to touch it. At the time, his reach and grasp were still pretty shaky, but you could tell he was working hard to learn how to reach toward something and grab it. He was so focused on getting his hand to that bracelet. It was an amazing thing to watch! I love seeing children work so hard at something that is… Read More -
Montessori Floor Bed Update
The floor bed is one of the things about the Montessori approach to educating children that tends to shock people the most. “What? You don’t have a crib? Your baby sleeps on a mattress on the floor?”… Read MoreThe idea is to set up the child’s environment in a way that helps him/her develop movement. The more freedom children have to move, the more they move. The more they move, the more they strengthen their muscles and develop themselves.
Along these lines, we also try not to use common baby contraptions that limit movement, such as swings (since the movement is done onto the child) or infant seats (since the child’s
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Book Club: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
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I made it to the end! I’m patting myself on the back. I’m really inspired by Covey’s idea of independence. He says we are truly independent when we can make and keep commitments to ourselves. He goes on to say that we can’t be truly interdependent until we’re able to depend first on ourselves.
Deciding to read and then finishing all 318 pages–one chapter a week–has been a good exercise in making and keeping commitments to myself. I won’t lie, however; it truly helps to make a public declaration on this here blog. Promising something to myself in front of thousands of people is a powerful motivator.
I enjoyed reading
