Kristen Ancker: Montessori methods and the Whole Child

Which five practices could you include at home that promote the Montessori method?

What about experiential learning does Kristen think is so important in your student’s/child’s life?

How can the Montessori method energise exhausted and overwhelmed teachers and parents?

Kristen Ancker Assistant Director of a Montessori school and is now a Montessori school consultant, Parent Empowerment Coach and if that isn’t enough, a mom of three children.

Kristen Ancker Takeaways:

  • Focus on independence for pre-school students.
  • The focus of community in a Montessori classroom
  • How to set up a ‘yes’ house.
  • How to teach pouring water with beads.
  • Learning to clean up before beginning a project. 
  • Using Montessori principles at home such as having family meetings and family reading time.
  •  Using language of encouragement instead of praise.
  •  Experiential learning
  • How to be the best advocate for your children to find schooling that focuses on the whole child
  • Kim John Payen Simplicity Parenting
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  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-ancker-5399b73/

Join her in her free facebook group The Parent Empowerment Group if you are in need of some encouragement and empowerment and a parenting paradigm shift. ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/theparentempowermentgroup
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www.kristenancker.com⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN8IUIB9pWpQhU-A4Z23emA

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