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Mar 18, 2020 06:11am

By Pilar Bewley

Under 6 - 12, Cosmic Education, Montessori Theory, Theory and Practice, childhood development, elementary, elementary education, free-range parenting, home environment, homeschool, homeschooling, montessori, montessori blogs, montessori education, montessori method, prepared environment & teaching

Craving Freedom and Needing Structure

Amidst all the color-coded hour-by-hour homeschool schedules flooding social media, I want to offer a different take on how to help your child organize their day if you have a child who paradoxically craves freedom and needs structure. I created for my eight-year-old twice-exceptional second-grader a pie graph showing the amount of time (out of a 24-hour day) he can spend exploring/reading/playing/learning what he's passionate about, vs. the amount of time I would like him to focus on...

Prepared Environment

During the first few years of life, the child's environment has to be constantly modified to support his changing needs. The first twelve months weren't such a challenge: mobiles gave way to hanging rings, then a few toys at ground level to encourage rolling over, followed by rolling objects to encourage crawling. A bar offered opportunities to pull up and cruise, and a push cart provided the necessary stability to encourage walking.

Now Zach is just shy of 14 months old, walking steadily, and...

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