Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
to observe is to think like a “scientist”: to be completely open to what you are seeing with no preconceived ideas in mind.
Paula Polk Lillard • Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
we can think of obedience as coming in three stages.
Paula Polk Lillard • Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
Our goal is a teachable child who is able to collaborate with the adult in discovering the world.
Paula Polk Lillard • Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
role of emotion in establishing memory is the reason we remember what is interesting to us during the process of learning in school and readily forget what is boring, no matter how thoroughly memorized for the moment the latter material might be.
Paula Polk Lillard • Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
We want to make clear to the child in her daily life: what to expect, when to expect it, and where to expect it.
Paula Polk Lillard • Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
what does a “prepared adult” mean?
Paula Polk Lillard • Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
How much we can afford is not the issue. The issue is wastefulness and lack of thought about what we are given. Affluence implies responsibility and an understanding that surplus is for sharing with those who are less fortunate.
Paula Polk Lillard • Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
What kind of toys can parents select for their young child that are going to serve as an aid, rather than an obstacle, to his best development?
Paula Polk Lillard • Montessori from the Start: The Child at Home, from Birth to Age Three
The Montessori musical materials are integrated into the classroom environments, both primary and elementary, and available to the children at all times.