Montessori Lab At Home (a Practical Guide About Montessori Teaching Method)

By (author) Piroddi, Chiara
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Readers will find concrete examples, illustrative images, suggestions and strategies for applying the Montessori Method at home as a part of a daily routine that help to make the method simple and accessible to everyone.
Description
The challenge of educating a child is as important as it is complex. Today, there are innumerable types of stimuli and tools of all sorts to help children experiment and develop their cognitive skills. But what is the right process and which are the tools that most effectively favour that development? Which method of education is the most fruitful for a child? Maria Montessori formulated her method of education based on the significance of a child''s education and its invaluable importance for society as the opportunity to reconstruct a better, more peaceful world. Children have boundless cognitive and emotional potential that can best be expressed in a relationship of trust, respect and unconditional love. According to Montessori, mindful adults who know their own limits and resources know how to interact with their children as patient observers, expert models and affectionate guides to create an environment where children can develop a sense of security, self-sufficiency and independence. This book is a practical guide inspired by the principles of the Montessori Method of education. The book begins with an introduction about the origins and characteristics of the Montessori Method that will help parents to recognize their children''s windows of learning, how to behave during shared play, which recreational activities to create and suggest, and how to prepare a home environment that suits their children''s needs. Readers will find concrete examples, illustrative images, suggestions and strategies for applying the Montessori Method at home as a part of a daily routine that help to make the method simple and accessible to everyone.
Biographical note
Chiara Piroddi was born in Vercelli (Italy) in 1982; she is a psychologist and expert in Neuropsychology, specializing in Cognitive- Evolutionary Psychotherapy. She graduated in Psychology at the University of Pavia in 2007 and continued as a teaching assistant for the Chair of Physiological Psychology, and as a lecturer in Practical Neuropsychology Training at the same academic institution. She completed her practical training at the Niguarda Ca'' Granda Hospital in Milan, where she has worked since 2008, acquiring clinical experience in children with serious mental and physical disabilities of all ages. She is an author and co-author of several scientific publications on Neuropsychology. An enthusiastic traveller with a curious soul, she lives between Barcelona and Milan, where she works as a psychotherapist in developmental age. In the last few years she/he has illustrated several books for White Star