The Learning Tree Jewish Montessori Preschool

08/17/2021

So often we use vocabulary that is abstract and creates the illusion that we are actually teaching our children significant content. What good is it to teac...

07/27/2017

“The baby’s fundamental need – precisely because he is a human being – is to be loved. But it takes a mature person to love a baby, because love takes time, love takes patience, love takes fortitude, love even requires a certain kind of humility: to love another better than one’s self. The baby needs time to be understood: he needs time in everything he does.”

The above text was taken from a speech given by Dr. Herbert Ratner, editor of Child and Family

Love this...look at the love and concentration in the baby's eyes...so much going on in this dialogue!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2KV3il-dBs

See http://michaelolaf.net for more information on Montessori from birth on. When the baby's first attempts at verbalizing are exactly mimicked by another, i...

07/27/2017

Child Development Stages
From Birth to Three Years+

Let's Start at the beginning... Anyone have a newborn - 4 mths...

Concentration:
The first essential for the child's development is concentration.
The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
— Maria Montessori, MD

Mindfulness: Many adults are trying to develop the abilities to be in the moment, to focus on the task at hand, to enjoy work. This is called "mindfulness". However, we now know that children are born with this skill. It is a gift to us to observe it and out duty to protect it, just as we do periods of concentration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77KLO_bZaWs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzN1S8CQk-Y

In the first days and months of life the child is intensely interested in watching and looking. At first his ability to focus is the distance between his eyes and the mother's face during nursing. Soon he is interested in watching mobiles that move gently in the wind. Mobiles should have no more than 5 objects and they should be real, such as butterflies, birds, or fish—things that move through the air or water. (2.5 months)

Michaelolaf.net

See http://michaelolaf.net for more information on Montessori from birth on. This 2.5 month old child is watching a butterfly from the Montessori company www...

07/26/2017

Part 2. Beginning With The End In Mind - Begin to clearly define your goals and values as a parent

07/18/2017

Beginning with the end in mind.
What are your goals as a parent ?
What values do you hope your children will internalize ?
What are you doing to make them happen?
What obstacles are thwarting your vision and efforts?
Share ... let's discuss :)