Tomorrow’s
Child
Table of Contents | November 2021 ISSUE
Providing Peace in the Pandemic: The Montessori Approach to Living Well in Anxious Times by Laura Earls | Preparing the Early Childhood Learning Environment by Marie Conti & Marcy K. Krever| Grace & Courtesy: From Early Child to Beyond by Cheryl Allen | Staying Neutral: How To Manage Siblings Fighting by Simone Davies | Silence Is a Gift by Lorna McGrath | Top 10 Ways to Show Gratitude for Your Child’s Teacher by Cheryl Allen | Roam by Michael Crump | Gift-Giving Ideas by Cheryl Allen | Montessori for Every Family: A practical parenting guide by Tim Seldin and Lorna McGrath | MONEY TALKS: Talking About Financial Uncertainty with Your School-Age Children by Nathan Dungan, Share, Save, Spend | Music: A Multisensory Approach to Learning by Montessori Foundation Staff | Dear Cathy: How Can I Guide my Children To Help Around The House? by Cathy Perolman | Book Reviews by Students | Book Reviews by Lorna McGrath | Classified Ads
Benefits of Fine-Motor Skills Development
When your child becomes a toddler, you may suddenly begin hearing about fine-motor skill development. There are many ways to develop fine-motor skills, and they are often discussed as if writing is the ultimate outcome. Yet, getting through a day without using your...
Providing Peace in the Pandemic
The Montessori Approach to Living Well in Anxious Times The Covid 19 pandemic has brought about so many feelings in all of us: fear, uncertainty, sadness, loneliness, isolation, confusion, a sense of accomplishment, a sense of failure, a lack of connection, a loss of...
Preparing an Early Childhood Learning Environment
Editor’s Note: We know that the authors of this article really meant it to help teachers remember how important setting up children’s environments is to maximize the potential of each child at each stage during the early childhood years. However, because of how...
Developing a Global Understanding
Montessori is an education centered around peace. How do we help students spend a lifetime, not only accepting and sharing peace, but also feeling secure in the idea that, what is ‘different’ from them and their understanding is interesting and exciting rather than...
Staying Neutral: How To Manage Siblings Fighting
You know the scene. Two children both want the same thing. Or one of them is hurting the other. Or they are complaining and nagging each other. We can’t help ourselves, we come to the rescue. “Why don’t you go first, and then the other one can have a turn next?” “Why...
Silence is a Gift
For more than a hundred years, children in Montessori schools have been practicing the Silence Game as part of their regular routine. Maria Montessori discovered that children experience great pleasure from the self-control that produces real silence. This is a...
Top 10 Ways to Show Gratitude for Your Teacher
by Cheryl Allen We all appreciate the teachers in our lives, but how do we share that gratitude when we may not know much about them beyond the classroom? Here are ten ideas: 1. Say thank you, and be specific about it: in person or by taking the time to write a note...
Gift-Giving Ideas
Gifts should be a joy to give and receive, yet sometimes they can cause us stress. In Montessori, we consider how any item will help the child build themselves into the adult they are meant to be. To invite Montessori into your home and family, consider toys that...
Roam
I tell my children to get out! In fact, I tell them all of the time to get out of my house and go away. Like the unforgettable and motivational lyrics from the song Roam, by the B52’s, I beg my children to “roam where you want to, roam around the world.” A simple song...
Dear Cathie: How can I guide my children to help around the house?
DEAR CATHIE— I have always done everything for my children. I just thought that is what good parents did! I thought it showed my love. But now that they are growing up, and I am learning more about the Montessori Method from their school and my reading, I understand...
Money Talks: Talking About Financial Uncertainty With Your School-Age Children
With the coronavirus crisis causing unprecedented job losses, many families are experiencing uncertainty around money. Even families with relatively solid financial footing are feeling a need to rethink family finances. Our impulse as parents is to protect our...
Montessori for Every Family: A practical parenting guide
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Music: A Multisensory Approach to Learning
I have been a children’s music teacher for nearly half a century! I started teaching in Michigan and continued in the U.S. Virgin Islands, California, Hawaii, and New Mexico. In the beginning, I was expected to create my own curriculum. Because I was a musician,...
Book Reviews by NewGate Secondary Students
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Book Reviews by Lorna McGrath
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