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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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Painting Activities Offer a Toddler Layers of Valuable Learning

By Julie Mitaro

Posted: October 25, 2020

“When children experience pleasure not only from an activity leading towards a special goal but also in carrying it out exactly in all its details, they open up a whole new area of education for themselves. In other words, preference should be given to an education of movement: practical activities are simply an external incentive

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