101 Ideas

for Developing a Confident and Skilled Child

Author: Tamera North Jalbuena
^{Montessori St. Nicholas UK Trained Teacher}

Using the Montessori philosophy, Tamera North has created dozens of activities with her students using simple, everyday objects. A professional photographer, Tamera cataloged the best of these activities.

101 Ideas is brimming with images and clear instructions that make it easy for everyone to incorporate the Montessori method. Tamera’s passion has been to share these simple, but powerful activities with young families. This book is the fulfillment of her desire to help parents understand the true nature of the child.

Introduction Videos

Philosophy

The P.A. Montessori Daycare, Preschool and Kindergarden program is based on the Montessori Philosophy. The Montessori Philosophy takes into consideration the importance of the “prepared environment”. This environment fosters the proper emotional, mental, social, physical, and spiritual development of children. The Montessori environment is scientifically designed according to the defined Montessori guidelines. Literature on the Montessori method is available to parents online.

Our Goals Are

To provide a warm, nurturing, loving, and safe atmosphere for the children
To provide a Montessori environment for stimulating learning
To foster excellent relations with parents, staff, and children
To provide a program that will give each child the best preparation for traditional schools

**Maria Montessori**
Founder of the Montessori
Philosophy

Objective is measurable to help children develop skills for independence, self-discipline, orderliness, gross and fine motor skills, concentration, reading readiness, reading, writing, math, science, social studies, critical thinking, problem solving, memorizing, creativity, respect for materials, organization, patience, co-ordination, tidiness and neatness, listening, visual discrimination, perseverance, tactile sensitivity, phonics, whole language insights through discovery, self-motivation, self-esteem, self-direction, art, cutting & glueing, drawing, exactitude, good manners, and numerous other skills.