Guidepost Montessori at Fairfax

Please join us next Saturday, March 15th for our Spring into Montessori!

Join us in enjoying some refreshments, flower arrangements, and seed planting. We look forward to seeing you 😀

Wondering what makes a Montessori teacher so unique? We've written a whole newsletter about it.

Check the link in the comments below 👇

Want to know how to TRULY build your child's self-esteem, starting at any age?

We've written a whole guide on this, which you can get for free in the comments below 👇

Our Book Fair is today from 3:30pm to 6pm. Additionally, Monday, Feb. 17th from 9am to 12pm. We hope to see you all!

Montessori is the elementary education we wish we had. Want to learn more about what it looks like? See our guide below 👇

We will host a Book Fair on Thursday/Friday of next week! Book Fair sales will be available from 3:30pm to 6pm. Additionally, the Book Fair will be set up during our Open House on the morning of Presidents' Day.

Want to start Montessori at home, but feel overwhelmed? We've got you.

Actually, you don't have to punish your kids. Positive discipline is the better way.

We've made you a guide on positive discipline (what it is, and how to get started) — see the link in the comments.

Have you tried positive discipline? Share your experience below👇

We've created a guide on all the life skills that kids can learn from doing chores!

Check it out here: https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/chores-prepare-kids-for-life

Want to give your child more independence, but finding it difficult to let go? We've got a guide for you.

https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/overprotected-kids-become-anxious

For our full guide on separation anxiety at school drop-off, see our newsletter (link below!)

https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/no-more-drop-off-meltdowns

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Want our guide on being a peaceful parent?

Check out our guide:
https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/actually-parenting-can-be-peaceful

We've created a guide with ten activities you can do at home to help your child build their creative thinking:

https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/how-to-raise-extraordinarily-creative

School should make children LOVE math. To show you how, we've created a guide to the Montessori math curriculum:

https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/kids-shouldnt-hate-math

Want to learn how to start reading prep in infancy? We've got a guide for you:

https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/reading-prep-starts-at-birth

Want our guide on restoring peace with your toddler?

Check it out on Substack: https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/stop-biting-and-hitting

Do babies need independence? What does independence look like for babies? How can you support them to become more independent at home?

We answer all of these questions in our guide to infant independence:

https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/actually-babies-need-independence

Kids need to be around other kids who aren't their age.

Find out why in this week's Parenting Guide:
https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/kids-need-mixed-age-classrooms

Want our guide on toilet learning? Check it out here:

https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/do-this-instead-of-potty-training

Want to know how to build your child's focus at home?

Check out our full guide here: https://theparentingguide.substack.com/p/never-interrupt-your-child-when-theyre

Wacky Montessori Window Monsters, coming to a sill near you! Ms. Laci shared this fun new craft with our children's house students this week after one of our families shared it with us. Give it a go or share with someone you know!

Calling all two and a half year olds! Our carefully prepared classroom is ready to welcome students who are thirty months and young three year olds needing support with toilet learning. Book a tour for your family today!

Calling all book lovers!

Some end of summer wonder for your weekend! One of the things we treasure most about our Fairfax campus is time spent planting, observing, watering, and harvesting our garden boxes. Let us share the miracle of life with your little miracle. Book a tour today! Link in bio, guidepostmontessori.com/fairfax

In a year round program, back to school season looks a lot like all the other seasons, and the joy of learning is always in season here! 💛

A favorite activity the children's house and classic Montessori Lesson, Labeling the Environment! This activity speaks deeply to the children's need for orientation and order. It waters the seeds of executive functioning and scaffolds skills for independent work. It offers a hands on experience of the power of written language, which drives interest in early literacy.

Turn it into a parenting hack with a sticky note pad at home by creating labels that highlight home vocabulary, parts of routines and new responsibilities, or some big back and forth movement for your high energy little one!

What the first week of looks like for Montessori students.

It was a great day in the neighborhood at the Fairfax Farmer's Market! We read about trees and fish, sang songs, did some yoga, met some new friends and saw a few familiar faces. We'll be back again next month with another pop-up classroom and story-times at 9:30am & 10:30am-see you soon 🫶🏽
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Berries & BUBBLES
Sprinklers & SAND
Our Water Day parties are a splash on the land!

Our children's house students have been patiently waiting for fish to make their appearance in our classroom aquarium. Today it happened!

Last week we prepared the rocks and water, then added an aquatic plant. Today we welcomed five little fishies and a long snail to our school.

The children offered them a message of peace together at a special circle time, held right at the fish tank!

Come share a irl!

It's time for a Summer Social Media Challenge!

We're so excited for you to share the magical ways you Montessori with your family 🌟 Show us how you've been utilizing your Summer Discovery Pack or some of your everyday Montessori flair 🔥

How to participate:

✅ Follow us on Instagram or Facebook
✅ Share photos of your child engaging in Montessori-inspired activities, an awesomely prepared area of your home environment or project set-up with before and after pics. Use the hashtag AND tag our school
✅ Share one of our posts to your stories
✅ Tag two friends in the comments of our posts
✅ Leave us a Facebook Review

Prizes will be announced next Friday, 8/2/2024

New to the Montessori parenting game? No worries! We've got a whole season's worth of fun you can keep in your pocket. DM us and we'll share our Summer Discovery Packet with you, 14 weeks of educational fun for the ENTIRE FAMILY, FREE!