Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten Academically?

By access_1ahu61c1 | August 22, 2018
Children using Montessori knobbed cylinders to refine their sense of size and dimension.

By Kristi Ockuly As a Montessori teacher for more than twenty years, and as a mother of five, I can attest to the fact that all parents wonder about the experience their young children will have in school. If they are in preschool, parents wonder about elementary school. Elementary school parents wonder about the middle…

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Sensitive Periods in Child Development

By access_1ahu61c1 | July 25, 2018
Students participating in grace and courtesy lessons, learning to work cooperatively in a Montessori environment.

By Yelena Raskin Sensitive periods are periods of psychological development in the child. This period is a time of limited duration. During the sensitive periods, the child has very powerful capacities. The child is able to do great things and make very important acquisitions, like language and movement. But after some time, these powers disappear.…

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