November Already?

Zain is carefully spooning.

Cooper enjoys the Button Frame.

Isabella giving the Brown Stairs a try.

Zoe is building words with the moveable alphabet.

I am sure that encouraging independence in your child is becoming an easier and easier task for you.  I wanted to offer up a resource for you!  Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home from Birth to Age Three  by Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessen.  This book has it all.  It is actually the book that I used myself in preparing my own home for the arrival of my daughter.  Full of information on age appropriate activities to encourage independence, how to make your home more accessible to a child in their quest to do for themselves, language acquisition, developing the will and so much more! If you are expecting, have an infant or a small child-this book is more than worth the cost.

The holidays are on the way!  Great educational Montessori gift ideas:  http://www.michaelolaf.net/  & http://www.forsmallhands.com/

This Month!

Thanksgiving, Native American studies, leaves, North America, animals of North America, turkeys, poetry by Robert Frost, and fall.

Dates:

11/11-No School Veteran's Day

11/21-25-No School Thanksgiving Holiday

And Remember-

Try to count to ten to yourself BEFORE jumping-in to help your child.  Giving them the chance to work through their obstacles is one of the most effective ways to assist their learning and independence.  The unspoken rule between the adults in my classroom is to step away until the child asks for our assistance.