In this enlightening live Q&A session we’ll explore the crucial role of observation in understanding and fostering your child’s development.
Learn how to attentively observe your child’s interests, behaviors, and responses to different stimuli, and use these insights to choose activities that not only engage but also contribute to their growth and learning.
Simone will guide you through practical techniques for observing your child in various settings and demonstrate how these observations can be effectively translated into selecting activities that align with their developmental stage, interests, and needs.
Discover how being a mindful observer can lead to more meaningful, enriching experiences for both you and your child.
In this video
Describing a plant like a scientist, a short observation exercise, opens this session. Simone Davies then talks with parents of young children about what to write down and what makes an activity Montessori. Questions in the Q&A include throwing toys, a child who says “you do it”, rotating toys, and Santa and the tooth fairy.
Chapters
- 0:00 Why observing your child is the key to choosing activities
- 5:33 Observation exercise: describe a plant like a scientist
- 13:02 Why we observe our child and what to write down
- 20:14 What makes an activity Montessori, plus ideas by interest
- 29:20 Showing slowly, fewer toys, and not interrupting focus
- 36:49 Show or let them explore, and a child stuck on one interest
- 41:10 Tidying up, hopping between activities, and throwing toys
- 46:47 Playing without you, and a child who says you do it
- 50:25 Rotating toys, siblings who interrupt, and worksheets
- 54:18 Water play at meals and brushing a toddler's teeth
- 57:43 What to offer next and how much freedom of choice
- 1:02:34 Getting dressed, long-term benefits, and knives and scissors
- 1:10:21 Pretend play with materials, and a toddler without words
- 1:15:12 Arranging shelves, and Santa and the tooth fairy
