Learning Math through the Montessori method is always fun and exciting for children. Maria Montessori believed that children learn more and can retain information for a prolonged period with hands-on learning and using their senses. Montessori-designed materials help children approach math with hands-on, visual, and physical learning aids. These materials allow their mathematical minds to form concrete knowledge of abstract concepts in math. The period of up to six years is crucial for children as they have absorbent minds that enable them to form associations with numbers that can continue throughout their lives. The Montessori approach of hands-on experience and…

The best way to foster independence in children is through play. Children, particularly toddlers, become fussy when left alone. It takes time and patience to foster independent play in toddlers. Does your baby refuse to be left alone and need you to be around constantly? Does he get bored with everything around him? As parents, we need to have some me-time to cook or work. It is never too early to encourage meaningful independent play in your toddlers so that they can flex their muscles. Let us see what independent play is and how you can encourage toddlers for it.…

Every vigilant parent wants to track what their tiny toddler is learning in a preschool or is it just all play? While most individuals consider preschools to be just games and fun, these educational institutions contribute more to the child’s development process than one can think of.  In fact, preschools are imperative for the child’s social, cognitive, emotional, physical, fine motor, and gross motor development.  Children for the initial six years of their lives are highly susceptible to the stimuli present in the surrounding environment and dependent on their sense of the world. Hence children during their initial stages of…

Every parent wants to provide their children with a safe and comfortable environment where children are promoted to indulge in developmental activities.  After six months babies are able to make deliberate body movements such as rocking back and forth, the infant also begins to crawl around 9 months of age.  Most expecting parents get overwhelmed with the question of incorporating elements that provide optimum safety for their tiny explorers.  Limiting the child’s environment to a high crib can hinder the enhancement of creative imagination in babies.  Providing your child with a safe and open environment is integral for the child’s…

Let’s face it, becoming a vigilant parent of a tiny toddler can be fulfilling but seldom overwhelming and exhausting.  Children during the initial six years of their lives pass through myriad changes both physically and emotionally.  In fact, during the initial stages of development, your toddler is reaching major milestones and trying to make sense of the world that surrounds them.  Due to all the excitement, social interactions, and overload of sensory stimuli, toddlers can often experience confusion and disorientation.  We are all aware of the tantrums and emotional outbursts toddlers are capable of throwing time and again.  Toddlers have…

The other day, I was at my sister’s house, and I saw that out of nowhere, my nephew starts eating glue. Apparently, he has been doing it for a while now. It got me thinking, why do children eat glue? If you also have the same doubt, you are in the right place! Let’s dig in! The main reasons why children eat glue There are different reasons, why a child might be eating glue: 1) Curiosity: The children discover the world around them through their senses, that’s why whenever they come across something interesting, they put it in their mouth…

Whether it is triggered by upcoming exams or by a time-crunching work-related deadline, stress is a normal part of life and something most adults experience at some point in their life.  But did you know that as much stress is a part of an adult’s life, unfortunately in the modern world,  stress occurs in children too?  In fact, several studies have indicated that stress is more prevalent in children and teenagers in the contemporary years than ever before.  There are myriad factors that may contribute to children having uncountable stress that often manifests in different ways. For most students, the…