The Montessori Family: Motivation and Discipline at Home

The Montessori Family: Bringing Montessori Motivation & Discipline to the Home

What is the role of the adult in a child’s life? What can you do to help your child reach their true potential? Head of School, Tamara Sheesley Balis, discusses the recent research and strategies from Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, Daniel Siegel, Ross Greene, and Hand in Hand Parenting.

Recommended Reading

No-Drama Discipline

By Daniel Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

No-Drama Discipline Workbook

By Daniel Siegel, MD and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, PhD

The Whole Brain Child

By Daniel Siegel, MD and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, PhD

Additional Resources

Hand in Hand Parenting

My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts by Resmaa Menakem

Feelings Wheel

The Magic of Children’s House

Greenspring Montessori School Children’s House Guides Emily Shattuck and Lydia Farmer talk about the importance of the three-year cycle in Children’s House in this webinar. They give sample lessons showing how sensorial and mathematics materials progress throughout the child’s three years in the classroom.