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Support your child at home

Below are short courses and resources that will present the Montessori approach for certain topics that you are welcome to access as much as you need to help you and your family. Each course is on-demand. Each course has a registration process, typically a short form, that will then direct you how to access the resource (i.e., email with instructions).
Support your child at home
How Montessori Education Works

How Montessori Education Works

Through short, engaging videos, you’ll discover the basic building blocks of the Montessori educational approach from birth to 18 years of age. You’ll experience formative moments in the lives of children and adolescents in Montessori classrooms and learn the principles that shape these dynamic learning environments. Block by block, you’ll build your own understanding of how children develop, and what you can do to support this process through childhood into adolescence. This course is 1.75 hours and hosted through the Udemy Platform.

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Montessori in the Home

Montessori in the Home

Our most popular course. Bring Montessori into the home with this introductory course for parents and caregivers currently designing learning experiences for children in their own homes. This course will guide and orient you to craft full days of meaningful work for children ages 0-6.

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Toilet Learning

Toilet Learning

Using the toilet is one of the most important ways toddlers work toward independence. Well before the active toilet learning process, you can start preparing for the process by using diaper changing time to connect with the child, communicate clearly, create consistent routines, and involve the child as much as possible. This course is 1 hour and also includes a e-book.

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Observation Principles

Observation Principles

In your career, you will run across children that seem to defy understanding. However, it is your calling and responsibility to seek that understanding and help the child forward on his path to development. Observation will be the key methodology that you will use on this quest. In this session, we will learn how observation is at the heart of the Montessori pedagogy and how it can be used to troubleshoot many individual issues that will arise in your classroom daily. This is a 1 hour course.

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Positive Phrasing

Positive Phrasing

Young children are in a sensitive period for language, which means they are keenly aware of not only what we say, but also how we say it. Positive phrasing is the art of brief and true statements that tell a young child what to do, instead of what not to do. In this session, we will focus on key principles for positive phrasing in Montessori communities, and how its role is effective classroom leadership.

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Independence for Toddlers

Independence for Toddlers

Independence is at the heart of Montessori education, deeply shaping our pedagogy. In this session we will discuss how we can support this natural process within the child, including control of movement, self-care routines, care of the environment, basic communication, and social interactions. This course is 1 hour.

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