Montessori For Every Family

From the Montessori Foundation, this guide provides a wealth of real-world practical application. We tend to equate this philosophy with multisensory activities, but its 11 foundational principles expand much beyond that and can be easily implemented at home: maintain consistency; promote mutual respect, grace, and courtesy; recognize uniqueness, foster order, encourage rather than praise, instill intrinsic motivation, give freedom with limits, build lifelong learners, and develop autonomy. This publication provides practical ways to live out these concepts within your family. Note: the authors believe that innate to this humanistic parenting philosophy, parents should be ready to question personal biases in child raising, traditional family structure, and traditional gender roles. The first chapters explain six everyday strategies to realistically build these principles. The second portion details how this philosophy is lived out by creating a stimulating environment, daily routines, learning and helping at home, spending time together and family traditions. In all sections, concepts are discussed and then further grouped by age. Includes a detailed index and suggested readings. 191 pgs, pb.