Arts and Crafts are more than just fun activities for children to indulge in, in fact, these activities are among the best mediums to enhance the child’s creativity and imagination.  Another benefit of allowing your child to indulge in arts and crafts is to facilitate the development of their gross motor skills and fine motor skills.  If your child has participated in their fair share of crafts activities, you’d know glue, colored paper, adhesives, paints, rhinestones, glitter, and scissors are among the most craft staples.  Finding effective glue for your kid’s crafts can be a daunting task with most child-safe…

The Montessori Method of education is more than just an educational tool, it is a lifestyle choice, which is evident in the Principle of Montessori Prepared Environment.  The Montessori Method of education is a century-old pedagogical tool developed by Dr. Maria Montessori in 1907, to efficiently facilitate education for optimum holistic development.  The Montessori Method of education lays heavy emphasis on sensory development and open-ended autonomous play to promote autodidactic education for children.  The key principle of autonomous play and autodidactic education is facilitated through the systematically organized Montessori Prepared Environment and engaging Montessori Materials that allow children to freely…

children are able to develop at their maximum potential when they are provided with ample opportunities to freely and willingly partake in meaningful learning activities. Hence it is the parent’s and educator’s responsibility to provide the child with age-appropriate learning activities to facilitate development and stimulate learning. The Montessori Curriculum comprises all the aspects that cover the basic principles of development i.e., cognitive, social, physical, psychological, emotional, and physiological principles. According to Dr. Maria Montessori gross motor and fine motor development play a significant role in early childhood education.  Hence, Practical life and motor activities play an important role in…

Are you a parent or an immediate caregiver looking for ways to set up the Montessori Environment, but need help finding effective ways to integrate the Montessori philosophy at home? Let’s face it, the Montessori Method of education is an effective educational tool that goes beyond the classroom and basic curricula.  This pedagogical philosophy provides children with an optimum learning environment that isn’t limited to the classroom, in fact, many parents who adopt the Montessori Philosophy often integrate the Montessori Principle into their homes.  Montessori Prepared Environment is an eccentric and unique Montessori Principle that takes each aspect of the…

While play and activities involving open-ended play are often looked over as being frivolous or distracting for the child, these activities are integral to their development process.  Especially during the early childhood development process, play is one of the major mediums of learning for children.  For the initial six years of their lives, children are highly susceptible to stimuli present in the surrounding environment and often experience drastic developmental changes.  With all the different terminologies and buzzwords surrounding the early stages of development in children, it can be hard to keep track as a parent or an immediate caregiver.  But…

Have you ever noticed your toddler or preschooler playing pretend in the corner with objects that resemble household items?  If yes, then you may be wondering why and how this form of play can help with your child’s cognitive and motor development.  Believe it or not, pretend play is more than just having a fun time repeating what they have seen you do as a parent or an immediate caregiver.  However, pretend play is a way for these tiny explorers to make sense of the world that surrounds them. If you are in search of a toy that will help…

You might have noticed your child actively venturing out and running around the house discovering new objects in the surrounding environment. Children during the initial stages of their life are highly susceptible to the stimuli present in their surroundings.  Children often explore new information and objects on the basis of their senses to make sense of the world that surrounds them.  Toys are fun and exciting objects that enhance the child’s creative imagination, but they are more than just fun and games.  While toys are regarded as a distraction by most parents, they are a fun and engaging way of…

Traditional kindergarten and preschool classrooms are best described as busy, with children partaking in collaborative play activities, brightly colored furniture, and exciting flashy toys.  Classrooms especially for preschoolers and kindergartners can be extremely noisy, busy, and distracting.  For children with behavioral disorders such as ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder) or developmental disabilities such as ASD (autism spectrum disorder) learning in a classroom filled with multiple children can become quite stressful.  To minimize distraction for children during the early stages of development, sensory classrooms have been developed to provide a learning environment curated to facilitate optimum holistic development in children.  If…

Learning can be quite difficult for children diagnosed with learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, and developmental disorders.  Autism is one such developmental disability that is caused by differences in the brain that can affect the child’s cognitive, emotional, and social skills significantly.  Associating open-ended play activities with learning and education seems quite unconventional to most parents.  However, sensory activities and open-ended play are among the best methods to facilitate education during children’s early stages of development.  Sensory activities are exceptionally beneficial for children diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactive disorder), ASD (autism spectrum disorder), or other learning disabilities.  These activities are…

Have you ever noticed your tiny toddler actively exploring different objects trying to make sense of how they work? If you are a parent of a tiny toddler you would know that they are always on their toes running around in search of new objects to interact with.  Believe it or not, during the initial six years of their lives, children are highly dependent on their senses to comprehend how the world works and are highly susceptible to the stimuli present in the surrounding environment.  Sensory exploration is the best way to broaden the child’s horizons, enhance their creative imagination,…