Maritime Montessori Consultation

05/24/2022

Working outside can look like gardening, climbing, using scissors and doing the buckle frame.

05/24/2022

Trust that the child can do more when we model with simplicity and elegance.

05/11/2022

When we prepare the environment... the child can learn and thrive.

Will there be some mess ? Yes, that's part of the process 👏

I am happy to support parents, families into making their family life, a safe place for everyone to learn from each other. 🥰

05/11/2022

You betcha

In this Talk, Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, gives a rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

10/05/2021

Managing risks. 🗻

As parents, we tend to either stop our children from taking risks that scare us OR we spend the whole time saying : Be careful !

Either way, we are teaching them that they can't do it safely and we spread our fear instead of our TRUST in their abilities.

What should we do or say then ?

As adults, our job is to calculate the risk and make sure we can guide them from there.
"Be careful" is not guidance but it is an expression of fear that comes out every time we are worried. I am guilty of it myself... and working on it.

What we can say instead :
"See this hole, let's prepare our strong legs to jump over !"
This way we focus on the process, we guide through the HOW part of the challenge.

On the picture :
My daughter loves to climb and wasn't sure how to proceed.

My instinct : Wait for Dad to help you (I had the baby with me)

What I said instead :
" Let's tuck in your dress so it's not in your way and look at the different places you will be able to place your feet".

She went back down, tucked in her dress in her jeans pocket, assessed the rock and said : "Oh yeah, I know how!"

Was I less scared ? Mmmh maybe a little.
Did I trust her? Absolutely.
Did she feel empowered ? Oh yes.

What is a situation in which you tend to shout "Be careful!" ?

06/22/2021

Here is the first lesson of reading in a Montessori environment. 📖

This one is in French and the one I have presented to my daughter. I will show you our English one soon I promise. 😉

She had a blast and now we move on to phonetic cards and simple books.

06/03/2021

This baby girl came in our classroom to explore one morning and she loved our geography folder pictures.

She was about 5 months and (army) crawled to the work of older students to look at the beautiful colours of these realistic photos.

Babies, even at a young age, are able to appreciate beauty and simplicity. No need for complicated bright noisy toys when you can use simple things like pictures and wooden rings to help them discover the world around them and appreciate it.

I wonder what you and your beautiful family have around for your baby.

05/30/2021

Innovative learning environments have some (or maybe all!) of these elements. What's the most important one for your growth?

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05/30/2021

05/30/2021

Yes ! It has finally arrived!
Simone Davies' books are a great and easy read to discover Montessori.

05/30/2021

Practical life and family time are essential to keep meaningful connections... it makes weekends easier.

05/22/2021

About babies.
I like this book by Aubrey Hargis - Montessori teacher, mom and homeschooler