Have you ever noticed a child oblivious to an adult who is trying to communicate? The adult tends to raise their voice and talk at the child in order to get the child’s attention. More often this strategy does not work. Children tend to become accustomed to the high volume and directive adult tone. In…
Exploring the World – One Sense at a Time
Maria Montessori studied children in their environment. She observed that children with physical disabilities limiting one or more of their senses were able to sharpen their remaining senses in order to take in information. She took that knowledge and designed the Montessori classroom and its rich sensory experiences. She purposely intended for each Montessori material…
Heightening the Senses
Today we presented lessons on the five senses. They best way to really put focus onto one sense is to mask the others. So today we teachers were brave. We blindfolded ourselves and sat, unable to see, and felt object from our sensory box. We modeled the lesson by verbally describing what we felt, without…
Our Peace Table
I have always had this idea in my head of creating an area of the classroom where a child can go to just be. Not a place to be alone, or to read a book, but to simply enter into his or her own thoughts, feelings and being. I never brought this idea to life…
