Tag: Sensory learning

Toddler Art Activities Offer Practical Life and Sensory Learning

Posted: November 9, 2020

“Movement of the hand is essential. Little children revealed that the development of the mind is stimulated by the movement of the hands. The hand is the instrument of the intelligence. The child needs to manipulate objects and to gain experience by touching and handling. ” ~ Maria Montessori, The 1946 London Lectures Because children are

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Introducing New Foods to Toddlers as a Sensory Activity

By Julie Mitaro

Posted: November 2, 2020

“Psychological studies have shown that it is necessary to isolate the senses as far as possible if some single quality is to be brought out.” ~ Maria Montessori, The Discovery of the Child Most often, toddlers are eager to try new activities. Typically, they are “all in” when invited to participate. With boundless enthusiasm for

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Introducing Music Skills to the Child Offers Benefits for Life

By Julie Mitaro

Posted: March 11, 2019

“We tend to think that the realm of music is the privileged area of some happy few. Experience has taught us, however, that if offered the right kind of education from a very early age onwards, anyone is capable of entering the realm of music. Not everyone has the talent to practise music at an

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Taking in The Environment One Step at a Time

By Julie Mitaro

Posted: February 20, 2019

“The child has a different relation to his environment from ours… the child absorbs it. The things she sees are not just remembered; they form part of her soul. She incarnates in herself all in the world about her that her eyes see and her ears hear.” — *Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind The Prepared

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Practical Life and Caring for Plants

By Julie Mitaro

Posted: August 29, 2018

“Children have an anxious concern for living beings, and therefore the satisfaction of this instinct fills them with delight. It is therefore easy to interest them in taking care of plants and especially of animals.” ~ Maria Montessori, The Discovery of the Child Caring for plants, both indoors and outdoors, is part of our daily

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