Oh
the world of Montessori! Call me weird
but I get a rush of excitement of all the things I can do to teach my baby new
things. I felt the same way with my
oldest and still do! I always seem to
gravitate to the world of Montessori learning.
This is a philosophy that fosters independence in a child. It allows the child to grow and learn at
their own pace while challenging themselves.
The teacher (or parent) just guides them and introduces things for
them. This belief fosters the idea that
a child is a self-motivated learner and they will gravitate to learning new
things. I don’t know about you guys but
to me that is a fascinating thing to promote for the real world.
I
am going to start trying to set up a Montessori area in our home. I would like get Austin to engage in an
activity about 2 times a day for maybe 10-15 minutes. I will try while we are alone in the morning
and then again in the afternoon while the older kids are working on
homework. This has been a challenging
time for me since, the older ones not only need help while they are doing
homework but I like to teach them a little extra while their minds are still in
the learning setting. However, the baby also
needs my attention during this time. I
am hoping that doing Montessori activities with him that I can do both at the
same time. (Wish me luck!)
The
first activity I will be doing is good for fine motor skills, picking up items
with a pointer grip, inserting items into a container… Within a small little DIY
toy a child learns so much! It can even
be used as a musical instrument by shaking it.
Also, this activity can be used for harder things in the future like
taking things out of the container. I
got the idea from Pinterest, the link is below:
I
will be tracking my experience with this here on the blog! Please let me know if you have any ideas for
a 14 month old.
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