Special MFA Members’ discount code for The Parenting Puzzle
To continue reading, you will need to choose a subscription plan.
Supporting the Development of Concentration
Concentration: What is it? n a LinkedIn post this past June, “Want Kids to Succeed? Teach them Focus,” Daniel Goleman explains why concentrating is a precursor for both learning something new and developing self-control. We all know that success...
Whatever It Takes! Keeping Your Children in Montessori through High School Graduation
When you really believe in something, you'll do whatever it takes to make it happen - especially for your kids. Larry Schanker & Laru Chapman will share with you why and how they chose Montessori for their children's educational experience. Join us for this story...
I Wish You More book review
I Wish You More Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld For the most part, we wish more good, kind, and together things for our children than the opposite. The illustrations are wonderful as they capture in very concrete ways the ideas in the text. It...
Appreciative Tools for Montessori Leaders:Tuning In, Positive Framing, and Leading with (Positive) Questions
To continue reading, you will need to choose a subscription plan.
Shared Celebrations – Large and Small: Embracing Traditions and Cultures
Participating in celebrations outside of our own culture, from those that are well known like the Lunar New Year to eating traditional foods at home, is an enriching way to learn about people around the world. This often takes place in Montessori classrooms as part of...
The Recipe for Belonging and Thriving -What’s the Secret?
To continue reading, you will need to choose a subscription plan.
Getting Friendly with Failure: Responding to Your Child When Things Don’t Work Out
When inventing the light bulb Thomas Edison once said, "I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work." How do we help our children recognize that failure is how we learn? How do we nurture an attitude of curiosity, enjoyment, and positivity about...
Ableism: Changing Assumptions with the Language We Use
To continue reading, you will need to choose a subscription plan.
Resources Parents Can Rely On books, websites, organizations, etc
To continue reading, you will need to choose a subscription plan.
THE ART OF TALKING WITH CHILDREN: THE SIMPLE KEYS TO NURTURING KINDNESS, CREATIVITY, AND CONFIDENCE IN KIDS
Written by Rebecca Roland Conversations can help provide learning opportunities, including developing essential listening skills and increasing vocabulary. Often, what we think of as a conversation with the children around us is more a session of us, as the adult,...
Just Like Brothers
Written by Elizabeth Baguley Illustrated by Aurélie Blanz This is a charming book with gorgeous illustrations and interesting descriptive and rhyming verses. The story is about how sometimes groups teach their children to guard themselves against other groups without...
Maria Montessori: How It All Began
To continue reading, you will need to choose a subscription plan.
Maria Montessori Biographies for Children, a Series of Reviews
Note: A while ago, I was wondering: Why aren’t there books for children about Maria Montessori’s life and work? So, I began to do some research. It turns out that there are quite a variety of books from which to choose. There are paperbacks, hard covers, cartoon-ish,...