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Fantasy and Imagination

Fantasy and Imagination In The Absorbent Mind, about the second plane of development Maria Montessori says, “…it is a period of growth unaccompanied by other

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Normalization period

Normalization period As the weeks have rapidly passed we have learned more and more about your children. Each child, in very different ways, has opened

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Sensitive period

Sensitive period As every parent knows, it takes only the smallest change to throw a toddler’s day out of whack.  A missed nap, a smaller-than-usual

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Path to Abstraction

Path to Abstraction By Victoria Gaber   Throughout the elementary years, children are following their own internal path towards abstracting concepts of math, language, the

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The Great Lessons

The Great Lessons By Mary Donovan   Once children reach Elementary age, they are beginning a new plane of development (ages 6-12).  This child is

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