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Applying the Montessori approach outside of school
Helping your Child Build Independence
Helping Your Child Build Resiliency
The definition of resiliency is the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties. While we would like to be able to shield our children from life’s hardships, the reality is that they will face challenges both big and small. One of the best things we can...
Teaching Your Child About Body Safety
Note: If you are a parent who experienced childhood sexual trauma, please consider speaking with a mental health professional for the best guidance on how to discuss this subject with your child. We’ve all read the statistics about child sexual abuse. The...
School Readiness
When children start preschool at AFM, they come from a wide variety of past experiences. Some children are accustomed to being dropped off at daycare, and have relatively no anxiety about starting school in a new place. For those children without any past experience...
Answering Your Child’s Difficult Questions
Every parent has, at one time or another, been completely caught off guard by a "difficult question", dun, dun, dun. You know the type, "Mom, what happens when we die?" or the classic, "Where do babies come from?" Sometimes you panic and blurt out way too much...
How to Set Boundaries Without Yelling- A Montessori-Inspired Guide
Arguably, one of the most important jobs you have as a parent is to establish boundaries with, and for your child. Children are not capable of establishing their own boundaries, and yet they have a deep developmental need to know what the boundaries are. If you think...
Kids and Chores- A Montessori Approach
In the Montessori curriculum, the Practical Life activities are some of the first lessons presented to our students. This curriculum includes activities designed to help a child to learn how to do everyday tasks such as: pouring water, stringing beads, using tongs,...
How to Keep your Sanity During the Holiday Season
By Meaghan McClung As a parent, I sometimes think of the holiday season with equal parts joy and dread. Of course, I’m excited about the family gatherings, the sharing of traditions, the gift giving, and the food! But I’m also a bit apprehensive. The high activity and...
Rotating Toys and Activities in the Home
Rotating Toys and Activities in the Home Have your child’s toys taken over your home? Are you noticing that your child isn’t even playing with most of the toys he/she has? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you are in need of a Montessori...
Freedom within Limits
I often meet with parents who want to talk to me about getting their child to listen to them at home. Perhaps the child has been in the Montessori environment for a while, and the parents have observed how well their child responds to the teachers at school. They’ll...
