tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post8618469760123252603..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: Our Montessori CornersElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-17801947103037977872013-10-23T00:13:41.810+04:002013-10-23T00:13:41.810+04:00Sounds like our house! :) David is at the age wher...Sounds like our house! :) David is at the age where if he likes something, he would like to repeat it several times, and I get tired quickly. :)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-58255938022437164852013-10-23T00:12:37.857+04:002013-10-23T00:12:37.857+04:00I haven't really researched it much, but I jus...I haven't really researched it much, but I just took the toys out of the kitchen-too much underfoot! The Tupperware will have to do.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-24581537535625399852013-10-17T01:35:34.996+04:002013-10-17T01:35:34.996+04:00They seem to like hanging out where they're NO...They seem to like hanging out where they're NOT supposed to best! Joshua is starting to get into everything....and he's just recently started playing peek-a-boo behind our living room curtains :)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745470127207480213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-35638589138711007772013-10-16T04:32:49.630+04:002013-10-16T04:32:49.630+04:00So funny! You are SO right! Children definitely ...So funny! You are SO right! Children definitely have their own ideas and they are not always the same as ours! Also, I do think that the true Montessori way would be for children to be with/assist parents and play with the real things - rather than toys. I don't' think homes should be like Montessori classrooms; Montessori classrooms always have "practical life" work that replicates the work people do at home! Aidan and Lydia went to Montessori school through 6 and 8th grades respectively.... The practical life area, as I remember it, involved polishing, tying, lacing (like shoes, etc.) pouring, measuring, folding....that sort of thing....the sort of thing children would do if you had the patience to let them help you with work! (Which I don't, often!)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.com