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Feb 20, 2016 01:43pm

By Pilar Bewley

Under Language Development, Montessori Theory, On Parenting, Practical Life, biology, botany, children, early childhood development, early childhood education, education, montessori, montessori method, pre-schoolers & Science

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Bathroom Botany

I was sitting outside, enjoying a bit of sunshine, when Zachary walked out of the bathroom and approached me with an inquisitive look. "Mom, can plants grow with pee?"

The question from my just-turned-four year old caught me off guard.

"Uh, I'm not sure."

He reasoned: "Well, pee comes from water, right? So maybe they can."

"Huh. Maybe they can." And then I realized the potential this question had.

"Hey, do you want to do an experiment? We can try to see if plants will grow if we water them with u…

Extensions

One of the activities I felt was lacking in my child's previous Montessori experience was the use of extensions. No, I'm not talking about artificial hair pieces! Extensions are activities that are introduced after the initial presentation with a material, in order to encourage the child to re-visit the material and solidify the skills and/or concepts it's designed to provide.

Yesterday, my son came out of his new school with a huge smile, holding this painting:

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This is a perfect example of an e…

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