Video: Following the Child
What does it really mean to follow the child? Listen to interviews with other Montessori parents who are considering this concept as they nurture and educate their children.
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What is Adventure Play?
Learn more about Adventure Play….In the words of Adventure Play educator, Nancy Bower, “As parents and teachers, we can create the fertile ground of gentleness, kindness, safety and wonder from which amazing learning and growth can happen.”
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Article: Facing the Screen Dilemma
Screens of all designs now make up the reality of even the youngest child. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no screen time for children under 2 and only 2 hours a day for children who are older. What are families and early childhood programs to do when considering the merit of an avalanche of new media available to and targeted to children?
Read MoreComputers In The Classroom
Recently, CNN reported on a Silicon Valley phenomenon in which parents in the tech industry are sending their children to schools designed to avoid technology. The report titled, Tech Bigwigs Put Their Kids in a School With No Computers, features an interview with Matthew Mengerink, an eBay executive who believes that there is time for technology outside of school, and that the classroom should be a place for more social, natural learning activities….
Read MoreClean Air Indoor Garden
Leslie from the Toddler House recommended this website to the teachers at Winfield Children’s House. There are great classroom activities and an entire section of ideas for Family Gardening…
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