The Montessori Baby A parent's guide to nurturing your baby with love, respect, and understanding

Simone Davies

eBook - 2021

It's time to change the way we see babies. Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria Montessori, The Montessori Baby shows how to raise your baby from birth to age one with love, respect, insight, and a surprising sense of calm. Cowritten by Simone Davies, author of the bestselling The Montessori Toddler, and Junnifa Uzodike, it's a book filled with hundreds of practical ideas for understanding what is actually happening with your baby, and how you can mindfully assist in their learning and development. Including how to: - Prepare yourself for parenthood-physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. - Become an active observer to understand what your baby is really telling you. - Create Montessori space...s in your home, including "yes" spaces where nothing is off-limits. - Set up activities that encourage baby's movement and language development at their own pace - Raise a secure baby who's ready to explore the world with confidence. A guide to raising a baby from birth to age one by applying the wisdom of Montessori, from the bestselling author of The Montessori Toddler and a coauthor with expertise in infant care and education. The Montessori Baby guides new parents in how to interact with babies in ways that assist their development and foster a respectful relationship between parent and child. Simone Davies is an AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) Montessori teacher, as well as the author of The Montessori Notebook, the popular blog and Instagram where shes gives tips, answers questions, and provides online workshops to parents around the world. A native Australian, she and her family live in Amsterdam, where she runs parent-child classes at the Jacaranda Tree Montessori school. Junnifa Uzodike, an AMI-trained Montessori teacher, sits on the executive board of AMI. She runs a Montessori school, Fruitful Orchard, in Abuja, Nigeria, where she lives with her husband and three young children. THE MONTESSORI BABY TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION It's time for a change in the way we see babies Why we love babies What we need to know about babies How to read this book What babies are really telling us 2 Introduction to Montessori What? Montessori education for babies? A brief history of Montessori What is Montessori? Some important Montessori principles - Absorbent mind - Human tendencies - Sensitive periods - Observation - Prepared environment 3 From conception to the first 6 weeks Before the baby arrives - Wanting for baby - Conception to birth The birth Symbiosis - the first 6 to 8 weeks with our baby The voice of the newborn: an interview with Karin Slabaugh 4 Setting up the home Setting up Montessori-style spaces 8 tips for setting up the home Babies do not need that much Create "yes" spaces Observe and rotate Room by room Floor bed questions Tips for tricky situations - Spaces where there are older siblings - Small spaces - Getting rid of the clutter What's next - preparing the home for a young toddler Benefits of setting up our home Montessori-style House tour A Montessori home from the baby's perspective by Zach 5 Montessori activities for baby PART 1 Introduction to activities How can we support our baby's development How to choose activities for our baby Our role is to prepare the environment, not be the entertainer How to help if our baby is stuck or struggling PART 2 Language activities 0-3 months 3-6 months 7-9 months 9-12 months 12+ months Bilingualism PART 3 Movement activities Activit... more