Summer Farro Salad
Summer Farro Salad Marco Canora says you can swap in any starch—like bread or pasta—for the farro (a nutty Italian grain) in this recipe. A Lesson in Farro Canora simmers farro in water with sautéed onion, carrots and celery. The aromatic vegetables add delicate...
8 Ways to Avoid Power Struggles
8 Ways to Avoid Power StrugglesBy Jane Nelsen Power struggles create distance and hostility instead of closeness and trust. Distance and hostility create resentment, resistance, rebellion (or compliance with lowered self-confidence). Closeness and trustcreate a safe...
Chores and Allowances
If you are familiarized with a Montessori classroom, you won’t be surprised to see children helping with anything: dusting shelves, setting up tables, sweeping the floors, washing windows, preparing snacks and meals... Teaching children from a young age to contribute...
Skills and healthy habits children learn by cooking
Click here to read the full article by Norton's Children Here are seven skills that your children can develop while helping in the kitchen: Explore their senses. Invite children, especially younger ones, to experience the activity of the kitchen. If you’re baking...
How Is Math Taught in Montessori?
The Montessori math materials are perhaps some of the most inviting and beautiful works in a Montessori classroom. We all gravitate to the math shelves when we come into the classroom. The children want to touch and learn how to use the materials. “Show me this!",...
The way children are educated influences the risk of childhood obesity
By Julio Basulto Translated article retrieved from https://www.consumer.es/alimentacion/el-modo-de-educar-a-los-ninos-influye-en-el-riesgo-de-padecer-obesidad-infantil.html Being too permissive or too authoritarian with children increases their risk of obesity. Food...
How much water should we drink per day, including children?
Not long ago, I thought I was not drinking enough water per day. At home, I remember very well my mother’s two-liter water bottle on the kitchen counter, which she refilled every day with the intention of drinking it, even if she was not thirsty at all. She adhered to...
Supporting Your Preschooler At Home in Coronavirus Quarantine
To read this article in Spanish, click here: http://azucenaaja.es/preescolares-en-casa-durante-la-cuarentena-por-el-coronavirus/ One positive thing of the quarantine is that I am having time to revisit my old notes and the pile of books I once put aside to be read....
Positive Time-Out vs. The Naughty Chair
A quick summary based on Jane Nelsen's book: Positive Time-Out (https://www.positivediscipline.com/products/positive-time-out The most popular discipline methods used today, besides spanking, yelling, threatening, bribery, and guilt, are time-out and withdrawal of...
How To Teach Reading To Children Part IV (Richard Colombini Series)
Using Uppercase Letters When First Teaching Children to Read and Write By Richard Colombini, MA We're Fascinated With Teaching Children Using UPPERCASE Letters The American educational system has a fascinating attachment with the use of UPPERCASE letters when teaching...
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