Were Bolanle and Ade suspended? Did they get punished? What disciplinary measures were taken by the school? Hmm… these were some of the important questions parents and educators asked about what happened with the incident I narrated two days ago. I must say right from the start that the school in question rarely suspends or … More I found a letter Part 2
Have you been wondering about teaching children how to read? This is a basic skill set we need to know as parents and educators. Join us for a short focused course to enable you acquire the know how. Addlo Montessori Training Center presents Teach Your Child to Read Book and course: heavily discounted till 14th … More Teaching Reading skills offer
So I got a message from one of my WhatsApp group members. She said she had a visit from one of the kids around her. As they got talking, he said something that struck and bothered her, so she wanted to bring it to my attention. What did the young 9 year old say? “Ma, … More
Happy World Science Day. We must always make sure our children see the inter-relationships in life and the science in it. Science is important. Science can be described as the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the natural and physical world through observation and experiment. For a child to understand a lot of … More Science is Important
When the Montessori Curriculum is mentioned, what comes to mind? The Subjects taught in the Montessori Setting? So what subjects do we teach in the Montessori setting? Practical Life Sensorial Education Language Development Mathematics Cultural Subjects Did you know that that these are the subjects peculiar to the 3 -6 age group? What the Primary/Elementary … More Understanding The Montessori curriculum
It is very important for our children to learn how to write, what is not important is this incessant demand on our two year old’s to not only write but write 1 to 50, 100, 150 etc. as the spirit leads each school, teacher or even parent! Please, can we just stop this ridiculous trend? … More On the Issue of Writing
I asked a question today on the Facebook Group Montessori Nigeria Resources. Actually a member had asked me this question. My answer was for us to talk about this, but so many people responded I decided to start up a WhatsAp group to manage the surge… Guess what? We have 53 members and counting! Interested … More The Prepared Adult Series 3
It’s been a while since I wrote on this blog, too many things pulling me away obviously. If you have missed me, I do apologize, blame my Montessori Primary training and then the tour of Nigeria, Apparatus training in 5 cities in the last year. Anyway I am glad to be back and want to … More The Importance of knowing about Child Development
I visited a UK Montessori School early this week and was really impressed by something about the children’s handwriting. It struck me, as I moved from the Reception class up to Year 6, that their handwriting had finally come together in the later years of Year 5 and 6, starting with the simple marks … More The Handwriting Process for our Children
In the first part of this post we covered a lot of things the Government needs to do in preparing the Teachers for the work at hand. It is important to also consider what we as teachers, educators and even parents need to do to prepare ourselves for the guidance and building of the next … More The Preparation of the Teacher 2
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