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The Magic of Montessori Movement
There are aspects of the Montessori philosophy that make parenting more difficult. For example, I think it would be much easier to plop Tate into one of those baby exersaucers.Instead, I always try to put him on the ground during his awake time. I try not to put him into positions that he couldn’t get into himself (e.g., no bumbo seats to support him in a seated position before he is actually sitting). His first activity was lying on his back watching visual mobiles, like the whales and butterflies, or going on his stomach to look at black-and-white books.Once he started reaching for the mobiles hanging… Read More -
An Infant Montessori Environment
When I was pregnant with Henry, I started getting his Montessori nursery ready several months in advance. This time around, we didn’t create a nursery for Tate at all. In this particular instance, it’s not a case of busy-second-time-momness. Really, it was simply a function of the fact that our move-in date for our new house was two weeks after his birth. And then the builders tacked on a few more weeks until they were going to finish our house. Two weeks at our rental house with baby Tate started to turn into a month or more. He still didn’t need a full-blown nursery for a single month (since he … Read More
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First Montessori Mobile: The Munari
Image courtesy of bella’s casa on Etsy My dear friend Karla let me borrow her daughter’s Munari Montessori mobile for baby Tate. I am extremely grateful. I was incredibly daunted by the thought of following these directions and making one myself. Now that I’ve seen it in person: a) I promise you can make one, if you’re interested! and b) it’s worth it–it’s so beautiful!
My First Experience with Montessori
I remember the first time I ever walked into a Montessori classroom full of productive and focused 3-6 year-olds. It looked like magic. The children were contentedly working all around the classroom on different things. However, all of them were … Read More
