How to Handle Tantrums Peacefully in the Montessori Way

How to Handle Tantrums Peacefully in the Montessori Way

Your toddler screams and stomps their feet. They cry, wail, and might even hit you! It’s a toddler tantrum in full force. Handling toddler tantrums the Montessori way isn’t always easy. However, with the right approach, parents and teachers can ensure that tantrums don’t last any longer than necessary.  If you’re a parent of a…

Five Fun Montessori Activities for Toddlers to Bring into the Home

Five Fun Montessori Activities for Toddlers to Bring into the Home

“I want to do it all by myself!” These are words often said by determined toddlers, ready to take over the world.  If your little one is striving for independence, as young children tend to do, then Montessori activities are the perfect answer. These activities are not only engaging, fun, and full of learning, but…

Montessori’s Unique Advantages for Early Childhood Education

Montessori’s Unique Advantages for Early Childhood Education

The Montessori teaching approach inspires educators and parents alike in early childhood education. Not only has this method endured the test of time, but it also has led to a child-centered and hands-on learning model. This post will examine what makes the Montessori teaching model unique in early childhood education and its advantages. Montessori Teaching…

How Does Early Childhood Montessori Help Develop Your Child’s Language Skills?

How Does Early Childhood Montessori Help Develop Your Child’s Language Skills?

Language development is perhaps the most crucial phase of your child’s formative journey. If not done right, your child could fail to refine their language skills, which is necessary to become competent. That is why enrolling your child in a Montessori preschool program designed to make every child a successful communicator is necessary.  Given the…

How To Foster High Self-Esteem And Confidence In Preschoolers

How To Foster High Self-Esteem And Confidence In Preschoolers

Are you an educator, looking for a way to increase self-esteem in preschoolers in your classroom? Are you a parent who wants to improve the confidence in your children?  Self-esteem in preschoolers is heavily influenced by home and daycare relationships. Low self-esteem in preschoolers can cause reluctance to learn and branch out to make friends…

Fun and Physical Outdoor Activities for Preschoolers – Keep your kids busy

Fun and Physical Outdoor Activities for Preschoolers – Keep your kids busy

Whether you are a parent, early childhood educator or caregiver, here are some ideas on how you can help your children engage and learn while enjoying the beauty of the Fall. At the Montessori Learning Centre in Calgary, we promote activities that help children refine their senses and cultivate skills through natural experienced-based learning and…

My Child – Intellectual and Cognitive Development in the Early Years

My Child – Intellectual and Cognitive Development in the Early Years

THE BIG DEAL BETWEEN REALITY AND FANTASY From its first breath, the newborn baby begins to understand the world around through their senses.  Their hands, nose, mouth become the instrument through which they pick up impressions.  These first impressions work their way to the brain.  This is where the work of analysing, dissecting and categorizing…

Differences between Montessori and  Mainstream Early Childhood

Differences between Montessori and Mainstream Early Childhood

INDEPENDENCE! When did you ever hear that to be of importance in Early Childhood Education.  If anything most adults believe their role to be to do as much as possible for the child.   How often do we hear the child say, “ME DO”!  The adult wants to help, the child wants to do.  The adult…

Preschool / Daycare – Montessori Or…? Understanding The Difference!

Preschool / Daycare – Montessori Or…? Understanding The Difference!

The difference between preschools and daycares is really quite simple.  Preschools are licensed to operate one session for a maximum of 4 hours per day whereas daycares offer longer day options.  Child care centres are generally licenses under either of these two licences. Therefore the license only determines how long children can stay per day…