Tomorrow’s
Child
The International Magazine for Montessori Families
Table of Contents | JANUARY 2021 ISSUE
Letter from the Editor
by Joyce St. Giermaine
A Question of Leadership
by Joanne Shango
10 Things Great Teachers Demonstrate
by Gavin McCormack
Build a Playground
by Tanya Ryskind
Nature as our Muse
by Amy Kremer-Treibly
The Power of Love in the Learning Environment
by Christine M. A. Lapierre, PhD and Lobana Alabbas
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
by Dr. C.J. Blanco
Parenting Toward Antiracism (Montessori Family Life Webinar)
by Lorna McGrath
Developing Letter-Sound Knowledge: Montessori Sandpaper Letters
by Julia Volkman
Seeing the World Through Your Child’s Eyes
by Lorna McGrath
Night Becomes Day: Changes in Nature
Written by Cynthia Argentine This is a truly gorgeous book for children! Cynthia’s words flow as you turn the pages, and she describes how the natural world is constantly transforming. The photographs superbly illustrate the transformations in nature. The message is...
Is Learning “Lost” When Kids Are Out of School?
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Seeing the World Through Your Child’s Eyes
One of the keys to creating a calm and peaceful home is to learn how to see the world from your child’s perspective. Maria Montessori challenged us to ‘follow the child’. To do this, first we must have a sense of how your children think, feel, and react. For example, take this child. He is looking up and you can tell that he is looking at someone or something really tall. He is probably looking up at an adult that he loves. Imagine how the world looks to him at two or three feet tall.
Book Review | The Yeti is Ready
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Book Review | How to Raise An Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success
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Book Review | Peace, Love, Action
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Book Review | Right now, I Am Brave
by Dr. Daniela Owen Illustrated by Gülce Baycik Here’s another good one from Dr. Owen. The first lesson—when things that we find scary are not actually dangerous, it’s time to be brave. She goes on to define what it means to be brave. She explains how our brains are...
Book Review | Right Now, I Am Kind
Written by Dr. Daniela OwenIllustrated by Gülce Baycik In this book Dr. Owen helps children think about what it is to be kind. She says we have to look outside of ourselves, outside of our wants, and think about others. She tells, in greater detail than in this...
Developing Letter-Sound Knowledge: Montessori Sandpaper Letters
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Parenting toward Antiracism | Montessori Family Life Webinar
Dr. Valaida Wise was recently a guest on the Montessori Family Life Webinar series when she shared some of her ideas about how to raise children to be anti-racist. I will summarize a small part of that webinar here. If you would like to view the entire broadcast or...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) And How You Can Use It to Make Life Better at Home, School, and in the Workplace
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The Power of Love in the Learning Environment
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Nature as Our Muse
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Build a Playground
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10 Things Great Teachers Demonstrate
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A Question of Leadership
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Coping in the Time of the Coronavirus
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Tomorrow’s
Child
The International Magazine for Montessori Families
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