Montessori Orizonturi Libere

We really hope that every adult will find the courage and openness to learn from children how to be:
- fully present,
- honest,
- themselves,
- kind,
- funny,
- creative,
- amazed.

Happy Children's Day!
You are the best humans! 🌸🤍

🍓🍊🖼️🎉🥳

'Childhood is the most beautiful of all life's seasons.' (J.S.)

We truly believe that childhood needs to be honored so that children will remember this period as something very special 🤍. And the best thing to do is play and live with them in the present moment, in order to create memories that will last forever.

What about this week? A lot of energy, work, movement.
Sometimes movement seems to be chaotic, but if a child has freedom and guidance, the movement will become one with intention, purpose and leads to exploration and development.

"Enjoy your child's actions and get to know her. Children at play are efficient and graceful. They learn to trust their bodies and minds when allowed to develop confidence in them through trial and error. It's important to see your child as a whole person and to help the whole person develop. Motor development and cognitive growth are only parts of the whole." (Your Self-Confident Baby)

"Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire 'to make him learn things', but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence." (Maria Montessori)

And how to maintain this light if not by offering opportunities to explore, to understand the world, in a safe environment both physical and mostly emotional?
Children do not need a lot of toys or activities, they need simple things which show them the real world around them. We have the responsibility to understand that these are their formative years

'Next time is next time, now is now.'

"The relationship a young child has with their first educator sets the template for their expectations of teacher relationships into the future.
Think back to your earliest years. Somewhere in that memory, there is probably a face, a voice, a feeling of being seen for the first time outside the safety of home. That moment wasn't small. For many children, it was the first time someone beyond their family said, without words, "you belong here, you are capable, you matter."

(Entire article/ Source:https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/blogs/cosi-blog/national-teacher-appreciation-day)

We are really thankful for our devoted teachers who are always seeking ways to make the world a better place. 🙏

Working with kids implies a lot of attention (a lot) and the ability to transform simple moments into something useful, purposeful.

This week we felt like we had special "glasses" 👓 to maximize what's really important:
- friendship 🫂,
- dance 💃🕺,
- beautifying the environment 🌸,
- learning 🖼️,
- play 🤸‍♂️,
- smile and be grateful 😊.
And we enjoy them fully while noticing the beauty of every single day.

Montessori School Orizonturi Libere vă urează Sărbători fericite! Happy Easter!

Getting ready for Easter with some joyful activities: 🐣 Egg Hunt, carrying the egg with the spoon and, of course, decorating the eggs 🐰🥚🌼.

After we spoke about traditions and how people celebrate Easter, we got ready for a serious play. A 4 year old boy just concluded: 'Yuhuuuu, I got it, this is Easter!' 🤍
And this is our lesson: a tradition is not just about customs, but more about feelings. 🌱