Montessori - Things Fall

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of allowing children to make mistakes in a Montessori educational setting.

In today's Insta-worthy world, we tend to want to present things as always "perfect". But in what fantasy land do children, or us adults, never mess up? The reality is, real perfection includes falling down. And that's why in Montessori it's OK for children to make mistakes along the way, like accidentally spilling things.

People in this episode

Host: Jesse McCarthy

Topics covered

• Montessori education
• child development
• mistakes
• perfection
• parenting

Keywords

• Montessori
• education
• children
• mistakes
• parenting
• perfection
• development

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