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The International Magazine for Montessori Families

Table of Contents | JANUARY 2021 ISSUE

Letter from the Editor
by Joyce St. Giermaine

A Question of Leadership
by Joanne Shango

10 Things Great Teachers Demonstrate
by Gavin McCormack

Build a Playground
by Tanya Ryskind

Nature as our Muse
by Amy Kremer-Treibly

The Power of Love in the Learning Environment
by Christine M. A. Lapierre, PhD and Lobana Alabbas

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
by Dr. C.J. Blanco

Parenting Toward Antiracism (Montessori Family Life Webinar)
by Lorna McGrath

Developing Letter-Sound Knowledge: Montessori Sandpaper Letters
by Julia Volkman

Seeing the World Through Your Child’s Eyes
by Lorna McGrath

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Night Becomes Day: Changes in Nature

Night Becomes Day: Changes in Nature

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Written by Cynthia Argentine This is a truly gorgeous book for children! Cynthia’s words flow as you turn the pages, and she describes how the natural world is constantly transforming. The photographs superbly illustrate the transformations in nature. The message is...

Is Learning “Lost” When Kids Are Out of School?

Is Learning “Lost” When Kids Are Out of School?

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Anguish and even anger are entirely appropriate reactions to the fact that Covid-19 infection rates are still too high in most areas to permit the safe reopening of schools. Not only do many of our kids miss their friends and the chance to make new ones, but school attendance is a prerequisite for millions of parents to go to work. Also, schools provide healthy meals, which matters in a country with appalling levels of poverty and hunger.

Seeing the World Through Your Child’s Eyes

Seeing the World Through Your Child’s Eyes

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One of the keys to creating a calm and peaceful home is to learn how to see the world from your child’s perspective. Maria Montessori challenged us to ‘follow the child’. To do this, first we must have a sense of how your children think, feel, and react. For example, take this child. He is looking up and you can tell that he is looking at someone or something really tall. He is probably looking up at an adult that he loves. Imagine how the world looks to him at two or three feet tall.

Book Review | Right now, I Am Brave

Book Review | Right now, I Am Brave

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by Dr. Daniela Owen Illustrated by Gülce Baycik Here’s another good one from Dr. Owen. The first lesson—when things that we find scary are not actually dangerous, it’s time to be brave. She goes on to define what it means to be brave. She explains how our brains are...

Book Review | Right Now, I Am Kind

Book Review | Right Now, I Am Kind

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Written by Dr. Daniela OwenIllustrated by Gülce Baycik In this book Dr. Owen helps children think about what it is to be kind. She says we have to look outside of ourselves, outside of our wants, and think about others. She tells, in greater detail than in this...

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Curated From: When Kids Are Out of School

Parenting On The Same Page: What if Your Child Dislikes Her Teacher?

Montessori Grandparenting: Virtual Relationship Building

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Tomorrow's Child | January 2021

Tomorrow’s

Child

The International Magazine for Montessori Families

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