by Jan Katzen Luchenta | Health / Nutrition, Infant, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), Montessori Teachers
Aiden ate cucumbers at snack time with me today! The cool crispiness, color, texture, who knows? Or was it because he helped peel them, cut them up, and then sat with me while I savored mine? Whatever this celebration is it’s certainly the next step in his food exploration and acceptance of a variety of […]
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by Jan Katzen Luchenta | Health / Nutrition, Infant-Toddler (0 to 3), MFA, Montessori Education, Montessori Teachers, Primary (3-6), Toddler (18 months-3 years)
Food balancing, fats, and focusing The wonderful thing I love about teaching one and two-year-olds is they wear their hearts on their sleeves. Their immeasurable emotional honesty is heartwarming to watch. If they fall down or get their feelings hurt, they cry instantaneously. When they run and play their faces light up with joy, and […]
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by Jan Katzen Luchenta | Brain Development, Family Resources, Health / Nutrition, MFA, Parent Education
hen I began my career as a Montessori educator decades ago, I had no idea that what a child ate (or didn’t eat) for breakfast could dictate the difference between inattention, chaos, grumpiness, status quo, and excellence in classroom achievement. Nor did I know that my students would inspire me to change careers. Attention, learning, […]
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