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The Extra Curriculum Program
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School Life - picture download
Piano Lessons
- How to play piano - 1
- How to play piano - 2
Nutrition
- Fall/Winter Menu - Toddler
- Fall/Winter Menu - Preschool
- Nutrition fees
- Canada's Food Guide
- Healthy eating
- Eating disorders 1
- Eating disorders 2
- Eating Disorders: common misconceptions and links to the early years
- Learning lunchtime independence
- Making a good start
- Bon appetit - we always said that first.
Daily Program Plan
- Toddler Classroom
- Casa Classroom
Monthly Themes and Celebrations
- Toddler Classroom
- Casa Classroom
- French language
- Celebrations
Links
- Product Safety - Juvenile Product Recalls
- Family Education (health, nutrition, parenting and much more for children 0-12 years)
Parents' Homework
- What's More Powerful than "Good Job?"
- How to stay calm - the ultimate guide for parents
- Separation
- Biting incidents
- The disintegration of the parent-child bond
- The collapse of parenting - Why it's time for parents to grow up
- How To Ruin Your Child
- Memo From Your Child
- Influenza Self-Assessment Chart for Children
- When toddlers bite another children
- Daily Homework
- Ways to encourage your baby's language
- Top ten reasons to read to children
School Policies
- Covid-19 Policy
- Covid-19 Policy Addendum
- Covid Policy Receipt and Waiver Form
- Covid-19 Immunization Disclosure Policy
- Parent handbook
- General policies
- Privacy policy
- Health
- Anaphylactic policy
- Sleep policy and Supervision
- Serious Occurrence policy
- Emergency Management Policy
- Bagged lunches policy
- Sanitary Policies and Procedures
- Playground Safety Policy
- Outdoor Activities
- Water Safety Policy
- Safe Drinking Water Policy
- Infection Control Policy
- Implementation and Reviews of Program Statement
- Criminal reference check policy
- Child abuse reporting policy
- Supervision policy for volunteers and students
- Staff training and development policy
Staff binder
- Fire Safety Plan
- Opening and Closing policy
- Wage Enhancement policy
- Work Health and Safety policy
Montessori Parenting
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(Courtesy of Montessori International Magazine)
- Story reading
- Why a book?
- Books and reading
- Yoga benefits for the whole child
- The Power of Music and Song
- The importance of experience prenatally and in the first two years of life
- Screen dependency in childhood
- Absorbent Musical Mind
- Montessori beyond the classroom
- The importance of experience prenatally and in the first two years of life
- Words and their role in development of young children's communication skills
- The positive use of language to nurture positive behaviour
- From talk to conversation
- The gift of boredom
- Treasures for twos
- Settling into nursery
- What is so terrible about two?
- Supporting two year olds in a Montessori setting
- Do try this at home
- Close encounter of the green kinds
- Synaesthesia - the implications for Montessori schools
- Synaesthesia - a neurological mystery
- Enriching children's language
- Fit for life
- Creative play for your child
- So sexy so soon
- Supporting boys
- How can Montessori influence our parenting?
- Separation anxiety
- Children's natural rights
- Social networking
- Low-tech learning
- Supporting your child at home 3
- Supporting your child at home 2
- Speaking each others' languages
- Encouraging bilingualism
- Thinking creatively
- Keep taking the tablets - screen media and children
- Supporting your child at home 1
- Does not compute
- Music for Architects
- Why Montessori for over five's
- Ready, set, learn
- Research - Effect of television
- Working with Nature
- Remotely controlled
- Learning from play
- Montessori at home
- Keeping as eys on the children
- Beginning the journey
- Impact of the electronic media
- Movement and development of brain
- Montessori Math ands brain building
- Montessori for Infants and Toddlers
- Sensitive periods
- Help me to do it myself
- Grace and Courtesy
Questions and Answers
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- “How do I engage my 4 year old child with reading?”See the article
- “When searching on your website for a nursery school for my child I noticed that many settings were accredited. Could you please explain what it means and if it is an important factor in the quality of a Montessori nursery?”See the article
- “How beneficial is it for 2 year olds to attend a nursery?”See the article
- “My son of 8 months is crawling around our home. What can I do to stimulate him in this period?”See the article
- “We try to implement the Montessori approach by giving our children respect and trust, and as much freedom as possible at home. Our children are home educated and have a limited access to the computer and computer games. What are your views ' is this limitation of access in conflict with our belief in the children's freedom?”See the article
- “I understand that there is an element of free choice in a Montessori school. What happens if my child just wants to paint all day and never for example uses the maths materials?”See the article
- “How will I know how well my child is doing in a Montessori Primary (6-12) classroom as I have heard they don't do tests and assessments? How are children prepared for exams to get into an independent secondary school?”See the article
- “My 8 year old son seems to be bright, has a good spoken vocabulary and is reading well, but he is unable to write more than a few words, and his handwriting is terrible. What can we do?”See the article
- “I have just been to look around a Montessori school with my rather boisterous 2 year old son and I'm concerned whether there would be enough in the classroom to keep him engaged. I can see how a little girl could be kept occupied for hours with the threading, pouring and polishing exercises on the practical life shelves but I didn't see much for my son who gets bored easily. Please can you advise me as to whether the Montessori environment is right for my child?”See the article
- “I am an occupational therapist, and my fourth child who is 14 months has Down syndrome. I am interested in Montessori for him. Do you have any resources to point me towards?”See the article
- “I don't allow my 5 year old son to play with guns at home since I want him to grow up peacefully in a non-violent environment especially as there is a lot of violence on television. However if he finds a gun in his cousin's house it is the only toy he wants. I also observed him playing with his friends using sticks as guns. What do you suggest?”See the article
- “How would you suggest keeping my child's "screen time" to a sensible length?”See the article
- “My child seems to keep gravitating towards the same activities every day. How will she be encouraged to try new activities in her Montessori nursery?”See the article
- “How will music help my child's development?”See the article
- “My friend has a child in a Children's Centre and her son has got a Key Person who seems to do everything for her son. However my daughter goes to a Montessori School and although all the staff seem to know her and look after her there is not so much emphasis on Key Persons at her school. Should I be worried?”See the article
- “How will my child fit in with a more traditional system after leaving Montessori nursery?”See the article
- “When I ask my young son what he did at his Montessori school he often says 'nothing'. How do I find out what he has been doing?”See the article
- “My child is leaving his Montessori nursery to go onto primary school. I would like to continue using the Montessori philosophy at home.
Can you suggest practical ways I can prepare my child for his new school?”See the article
Library
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- NEW: How Mud Boosts Your Immune System
- NEW: Daycares in Finland Built a 'Forest', And It Changed Kids' Immune Systems
- A dark consensus about screens and kids begins to emerge in Silicon Valley
- 10 Habits to Strengthen a Parent-Child Relationship
- Want happier, calmer kids? Simplify their world
- The Dangers of Distracted Parenting
- A Troubling Side Effect of Praise
- Sugar is the "alcohol of the child"
- Praise Became a Consolation Prize
- Why anxiety is increasingly common in kids, early warning signs-and the gentle fixes that help them thrive
- Protecting children during a horrific event
- >When Children Say "I Can't," but They Can, and Adults Know It
- Bilingual brains have higher volume of grey matter
- Bilingual toddlers demonstrate greater cognitive flexibility
- A Subject Schools Lack
- There Has Been No Collapse of Parenting
- Why kids today are out of shape, disrespectful - and in charge
- No timeouts, reward charts or taking their toys away
- Four Crucial Ways Playing Outdoors in Winter Benefits Children
- Why kids should play outside, even in extreme cold
- Empathy, Education and a True Growth Mindset
- Determining if your child has a speech disorder
- Protecting Children During a Horrific Event
- New study calls for changes to childcare "mandatory" sleep rules
- Five Clever Ideas to Spark Independent Reading by Kids
- Children Want Factual Stories, Versus Fantasy, More Often Than Adults
- Grace and Courtesy and the Adult
- The Most Important Montessori Lesson Edward Fidellow
- Taking Notes: Is The Pen Still Mightier Than the Keyboard?
- Another Approach to Raising Healthy Eaters
- Bedtime Stories for Young Brains
- Beyond Academics-What a Holistic Approach to Learning Could Look Like
- Time for Bed
- What Playing Sports Teaches Kids About Bigger Roles in Life
- What Stealing Cookies Teaches Us About Young Children and Empathy
- Fidgeting May Benefit Children With ADHD
- Guinea Pigs Are Autistic Child's Best Friend
- Why Slowing Down Stimuli to Real Time Helps a Child's Brain
- Preschoolers and Praise-What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow
- Could Storytelling Be the Secret Sauce to STEM Education
- Education Doesn't Need to be Reformed - It Needs to be Transformed
- Why Kids Need to Move
- Smartphone, tablet overuse among toddlers may stunt development
- Parenting Advice From 'America's Worst Mom'
- Regular naps are 'key to learning'
- Protecting Children During a Horrific Event
- Helping Kids Cope with Media Coverage of War and Traumatic Events
- Full-day kindergarten is failing our children
- Why Empathy is Declining Among Students and What We Can Do
- How Should You Talk To Your Kids?
- Overprotective Parenting: Finding Balance & Fostering Independence
- The Overprotected Kid
- Don't Help Your Kids With Their Homework
- Is ADHD a mental health crisis, or a cultural one?
- Kids may be ready for math earlier than you think
- States try to save cursive writing in the classroom
- Looking around: Creating a learning environment (even without a teacher)
- The iParents: Adults face modern struggle to balance staying connected and hands-free parenting
- Why Parents Need to Let Their Children Fail
- The adolescent Brain
- Preschool Learning - More than ABCs and 123s
- Montessori, neuroscience, and parenting
- A Montessori Child's Plea Poem
- Do Young Children Need Computers
- Reducing Academic Pressure May Help Children Succeed
- Montessori - It's good for business
Parent Central
- Anxiety and kids
- Teen brain benefits from mindfulness training
- Creating Innovators
The Globe and Mail
- Too much homework stifling your kids? Let them just say no
- Early-learning schools create an environment to address the whole person
- What happened to raw emotions in childrens' songs
- Why I prod my kids to do chores
- Chores-How to make kids want to help
- Want to teach your kids to be better people-Make them do chores
- Giving kids with ADHD room to move could boost test scores: study
- How my four-year-old showed me the dangers of being polite
- UBC students' invention can warn parents of autistic meltdowns
- Are your kids picky eaters? Try letting them play with their food
- The growing argument against homework
- Parents, your inflated praise could be turning your child into a narcissist
- Let the kids run wild
- Bribing your kids
- Movie sex and violence risks desensitizing parents, study finds
- The simplest, cheapest way to give your child a healthy start: Read to them
- Why kids over 5 aren't doing enough physically
- Moving away from drugs, training the mind could be key to treating ADHD
- Girls have actually always done better than boys at school, study finds. But why?
- Are you paying your kids for good behaviour? You're not alone
- Why you actually don't need to let your kids fail
- Full-day kindergarten offers little academic advantage, study says
- Four common mistakes parents make when praising their kids
- Early engagement key to getting girls into science careers, Canadian study says
- Training the brain may be key to controlling ADHD
- Sibling relationships tied to children's vocabulary skills
- How to nurture the single most important part of your child's well-being: Their mental health
- Family happiness: Do parents expect too much?
- Solving the math-phobia problem - for both parents and kids
- A parenting trend with an anti-guilt clause
The New York Times Magazine
- Spoiled Rotten
- Building Self-Control, the American Way
- Read to Your Baby
- When to Worry if a Child Has Too Few Words
- Let the Kid Be
- Coming Full Circle
- Taking Play Seriously
Time
- Even Babies Can Recognize What's Fair
- The Long-Term Effects of Spanking
The Sydney Morning Herald
- The failure of school to educate
Forbes
- Creating Innovators - Why America's Education System Is Obsolete
- Is Montessori The Origin Of Google & Amazon
Harvard Business Review
- Montessori Builds Innovators
Slate Magazine
- Children cooking: How young can they be?
Nice story
- Thanks to Karen 2
- Thanks to Karen 1
The Globe and Mail
- When saying "no" to your kids falls on deaf ears
- Why helicopter kids aren't happy
- The earlier kids start learning music, the better for the brain
- Boys will be boys - schools need to understand that
- When is shyness an 'illness'?
- Pass the marshmallow test? Your brain's more efficient: study
- Why are today's teenagers feeling so anxious?
- Right To Play goes on the attack to stress importance of sports to kids
- When to have the talk now? Boys reaching puberty younger, study finds
- Do babies know the difference between right and wrong
- Risky play is good for kids
- Who killed the family room
- Why kids need to fail to succeed in school
- Who's watching the kids
- Why I'm not okay with webcams in daycares
- Why even toddlers should be doing chores
- Are kids failing at summer
- Study links spanking to later mental disorders
- How to build a healthier, smarter student
- War on child obesity: out of the cafeteria and onto the playground
- Why we need to teach our kids how to fail
- More activity, less screen time urged for young kids
- Maria Montessori - guru for a new generation of business innovators
- What the Italians can teach us about child rearing
- Suffering from parenting advice overload? Say thanks, but no thanks
- How many words should a 2-year-old know?
- Babies help pupils learn empathy
- Your kid is melting down. Why it's important to keep your cool
- Technology opens up new worlds for children with autism
- Will study of healthy brain shed light on autism?
- Parents should have more legal leeway in spanking
- Don't shut disabled kids out of society
- Do French moms raise better-behaved kids?
- Attentive kindergarteners grow up to be better workers
- Kids under two should be 'screen free,' says American Academy of Pediatrics
- U.S. guidelines lower age of ADHD diagnoses
- Nice try! Why parents should stop telling loving lies
- How nurture can trump nature: "Parents are their kids' stress response system"
- Three family-friendly goals for a happier home
- Talking Points: Olympic torch, kids' sleep patterns, and exercise in the golden years
- Study says parents could do more to protect kids' ears
- ADHD symptoms linked to children who have more than two hours of screen time a day
The Toronto Star
- Having regular chores helps children learn
responsibility, experts say
- Poor sleep tied to kids' lower academic
performance
- Early learning is a better bargain than universities
- Kindergarten attention span predicts good work habits down the road
- Learning to live with 'boy energy'
- Montessori: The Missing Voice in the Education Reform Debate
- Even at 6 months, babies have innate sense of numbers: study
- Reading, writing and running around
- How to make the most of summer
- School's out but work is not
- Are our toddlers becoming the new crop of couch potatoes?
- Taking Charge of the Future
- Homework harms kids, says debunker
The Globe and Mail
- Children's fitness levels declining worldwide
- How to help kids stay cool about back-toschool worries
- Full-day kindergarten is no magic bullet
- Montessori method: learning that emerges from within
- Probiotics linked to lower risk of allergies for kids
- Does Ritalin really help?
- The great, untapped household labour pool: your kids
- Kids with ADHD have trouble forming emotional memories
- Why you should let Dr. Seuss help raise your kids
- Montessori Builds Innovators
- Do children really need to be gender-free
- Babies should exercise to fight obesity
- Early autism screening
- Does year round schooling
- The case for staying out of school
- EQ over IQ - How play-based learning
- The secret to happier parenting
- Canada gets a failing grade for childhood fitness
- Relearning the lost art
- Treating autism
- Hey kids, how about a vocation vacation?
- Watch that education gap disappear
- Self-control at an early age helps avoid pitfalls
- How to raise an 'orchid child' to blossom
- Girls-only computer class
- A dramatic move to make students KEEN on learning
- How to reset your child's sleep schedule
- Age distorts ADHD diagnoses in kindergartners
- Should late-birthday kids sit out a year?
- Beware of jumping to ADHD conclusions
- Genetic finding paves way for controversial autism testing
- Fewer toddlers getting all their vaccinations
- Health & Fitness
- Video eye tests help screen toddlers brain function
- Do mornings with the kids have to be hell?
- How to raise joyful kids
- All school, for all day, makes Jack an irritable boy
- Parent-teacher interviews
- How involved should parents be in children's homework?
- Keeping kids in the dark
- How one family won the battle to ban homework
- Waldorf, Montessori programs are about teaching children how to think
- My third grader still can't read. What do I do?
- Chewing over the benefits of family meals
- ADHD study ties brain proteins to symptoms
- ADHD - or sleep deprived?
- Your children can be upstanding
- All girls better grades
- Near-term babies risk developmental delays: study
- He's got a girl brain, she's got a boy brain
- Infant TV viewing
- Cash for grades
- It can be lonely saying no
- Childcare in Canada
- Any Kid Can Learn Math
- Baby, It's Not That Cold Outside
- The Secret To Success
- Building Confidence
- Nature may ease ADHD symptoms
- Our brave new world
- The Free Range Child
- Children cooking: How young can they be?