Parenting Resources

Parenting presents numerous challenges, growing in complexity as children age.

These parenting resources provide guidance for dilemmas you may be facing. Several articles are from Montessori Life  which is the American Montessori Society’s parent magazine. The guides on independence are original documents from TMA.

In the Montessori Classroom

Infant - Natural Gross Motor Development,, The Montessori Academy of Arlington, Private School Arlington TX
He practices the transitional pose called the half sit. This strengthens his arms while he learns how to bring his legs underneath and in front of him.
Early Childhood Plant Polishing, The Montessori Academy of Arlington, Private School Arlington TX
Early Childhood – Plant Polishing Through the process of first receiving a […]
Multi-age Classroom, The Montessori Academy of Arlington, Private School Arlington TX
Montessori classrooms foster life-long leadership skills. In each mixed age classroom, the older students have the opportunity to become like mentors to the younger students.
Early Childhood Dressing Frames, The Montessori Academy of Arlington, Private School Arlington TX
Early Childhood – Dressing Frames The purpose of the dressing frames is […]
Early Childhood Circle of Life, The Montessori Academy of Arlington, Private School Arlington TX
Early Childhood – Circle of Life: Ceremony of Death Celebrations and rituals […]

Montessori Life

A few curated articles from Montessori Life magazine.

Separation: The Beginning of Letting Go

Your child needs your support and encouragement to learn to separate. When she took her first steps, you held out your arms, smiling and urging her to walk toward you. If he fell, you encouraged him to get back up and try again. The same is true with separating!

Bringing Montessori Home

The gifts we can give our children are adequate time, an economy of age-appropriate and well-communicated expectations, and trust in their innate capabilities, which are the same principles that support Montessori’s educational philosophy!

Starting Each Day: Tips to Get out the Door On Time

It’s possible to make the morning routine a team effort, rather than a competition with parents doing all the heavy lifting. The keys are to be prepared, give yourself plenty of time, and allow your children to be independent.

Your Smartphone or Your Life

he device’s ubiquitous presence at the dinner table, on the nature walk, and during drive time and downtime signals to sons and daughters that they must compete with these inanimate objects for their parents’ attention or simply resign themselves to the shared attention.

Talking Respectfully to Your Children

We often jump to conclusions and step in without taking into account what our child might be doing, thinking, or feeling. Put down the phone, turn off the television, watch, and look into your child’s eyes when you speak.

Creating Emotional Safety: Tantrums & Crying

We don’t need to control children; we need to control our own feelings and our own behavior. Our job is to guide them, to be with them, and to support and enable them to feel safe while they release what they need to release.