Category Archives: Childcare

Tips for Choosing the Right Preschool

Tips for Choosing the Right PReschool

Preschool can significantly enrich your little one’s childhood experience. It also plays an important role in cultivating your child’s mental, physical, social and emotional well-being. But with so many available options, how do you choose the best preschool program for your child? Finding the preschool that’s a good fit for your child can seem like…

Road Trip Hacks for Traveling with Kids

Road Trip Hacks for Traveling with Kids

Traveling with the family can be a wonderful adventure, especially when you’re riding together in the car. Road trips offer the opportunity to spend time together and see new sights, and they can be educational as well as entertaining. However, they’re not without their challenges. First, technology can be great for providing entertainment along the…

Summer Activities to Keep Kids Engaged

Summer Activities to Keep Kids Engaged

Summer is a wonderful season for spending time with your children. Family togetherness is great, especially because the summer is not as bogged down with homework and other activities. However, sometimes you need a break from all that togetherness. Moreover, even bright, active, engaged kids sometimes get bored. Fortunately, we have some ideas for fun…

Who was Maria Montessori?

Who was Maria Montessori

You may have heard of the Montessori Method, but how much do you know about its founder? The developer of a curriculum that helps children develop into independent thinkers by encouraging their natural creative and intellectual curiosity, Dr. Montessori has had an enormous impact on today’s educational systems. Do you know the story behind this…

What is Normalization?

What is Normalization

If you’ve looked into Montessori schools, you may have heard the term “normalization.” Especially if you’ve heard that term used in relation to standardizing numbers in statistics or offering special education students a more mainstreamed experience, you may be confused. When speaking of the Montessori Method, what is normalization? First, it doesn’t mean making a…