For our Montessori Central School families, the fall and winter are coveted seasons to enjoy quality time with the children in the great outdoors. Using Montessori principles to plan at-home learning activities for your preschooler or toddler can help you make the most of the coming holidays to extend your child’s Montessori learning. 1. Follow…
As the parent of a preschooler, you’ve gone to great lengths to keep the past year as “normal” as possible for your child. Still, you may wonder if—and how much—the disruptions of the pandemic have impacted your preschooler’s learning. This article aims to answer Montessori parents’ questions about how to support children’s learning at home…
A year like 2020 makes the idea of a fresh start more appealing than ever. During this holiday season and the transition into 2021, we encourage Montessori Central School families not only to hope and plan together for a joyous new year, but to reflect with their children on the year that was. End-of-year reflections…
What’s the surest way to set your child up for lifelong happiness and success, establish a strong family bond, and keep your household running smoothly? Experts from Stanford and Harvard say it’s to give your child responsibilities around the house, the earlier the better. That means lining up chores for children as young as 12…
As families continue to stay home together, we’ve prepared some tips about technology for preschoolers. The Montessori approach, as you know, is based on connecting the young child with the real world. But real experiences are severely limited during this unprecedented time. So how can screen time for children support Montessori education? More importantly, how…
Are you running out of ideas to keep your preschooler happily and productively engaged in stay-at-home Montessori? As this quarantine period stretches longer, we’ve compiled some additional Montessori activities for stay-at-home (in case you missed it, we shared other Montessori at home activities in our previous article). Some of these experiences grow organically out of…
We hope you are all staying well! To help keep your children engaged during this prolonged “break” from school, this week we’ve put together some spring Montessori activities to do at home (and don’t miss out on our last list of Montessori at home activities). Make an Easter Tree Called Ostereierbaum in German, an Easter…
As you’ve observed your child’s joyful work at Montessori Central School, you may have wished you could “bring Montessori home.” Now that virtually everyone is staying home to cope with this public health crisis, that wish has become much more urgent. You know your preschooler thrives on routines, but the familiar ones are in short…
