 | Link: Setting up a Montessori home:
HOME VIDEO #1
HOME VIDEO #2 Link: To order a copy of The Joyful Child, recommended in these videos, click here:
THE JOYFUL CHILD Note: The illustration to the left is from our daughter's kitchen years ago—first table, first chairs for her children, and bench for an adult to join them at their meals.TABLE
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|  | Link: Paro, Bhutan. Resa is included in all the the family work without question, even at 20 months. For a video of her washing the floor see: VIDEO
To see an article about her life, see BHUTAN BIRTH-3 |
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| | Above are two charming YouTube videos created by a young mother who used the principles, and materials, described in The Joyful Child, (by Susan Stephenson) such as floor bed, small table and chair, small silverware, apron, even the vegetable cards made from paintings by Susan Stephenson, hung at the child's level in the kitchen as art work and vocabulary lessons. She has created a home environment that supports her child's independence, wisdom, and optimum development. We applaud her efforts. | While Susan was interviewing the mother, aunt, grandmother, of Resa in Bhutan, someone spilled water. The older sister brought a cloth in from the kitchen to clean it up and Resa reached for it. The she began to clean up the spill. Realizing that I was taking a picture with my still digital camera the mother told Resa to look up at the camera. Resa said "No, I will not look up!" The adults appreciated that fact that their including children in the everyday activities of the family is something valued in Montessori education. See the BHUTAN BIRTH-3 link above for more pictures and text that were a result of this interview. |
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