Have you ever had that experience when you try to teach a child something and it seems as if they don’t get it for weeks or even months. Then suddenly when you least expect it magically they master everything in a matter of days? I’ve seen this happen time…
In the first three years of life young children have what Maria Montessori described as “the absorbent mind” – one of the amazing things about the absorbent mind is it’s ability to effortlessly absorb languages in the environment without any conscious effort. This is the most crucial time to lay…
Reading to your children regularly provides so many benefits and opportunities that will be an asset to them for the rest of their lives. Here are some of my top tips for getting started and forming a beautiful life-long love of reading. 1- Start reading to your child from…
The more I read Dr Montessori’s books the more I see she wanted her method to be accessible to children all over the world. Her intention was to serve the child, she didn’t have any intention to make this method elitist and only for the rich children. . I never…
Compound Word Key Lesson Yesterday I gave a presentation on compound words to three of our elementary girls. Today the worked on the follow up lessons using pre-prepared cards to create a compound words ribbon. . You can see the joy and excitement on their faces as they try to…
It’s the beginning of the academic year in Malaysia and we’re busy settling in lots of new children. Here the new school year starts in January which I am loving. I’m already excited about all the things I have planned for 2020 and starting a new school year at the…
Recently I posted about the new children settling in our Montessori 3-6 classroom and many of you contacted me for tips and advice on how to normalise a Montessori classroom. Normalisation is a natural process with takes place in a child when they begin to intensively concentrate on an activity.…
A few months ago I posted this picture on my Instagram, a boy who just turned 7 building words with our Arabic Moveable alphabet. My inbox flooded with questions from people about the material, the curriculum and how this Malay boy is able to easily write the words in Arabic.…
Welcome the the blog section of Rumi Montessori’s page. Some of you may already be familiar with my previous blog The Learning Ark. Between 2008-2015 I shared my sons Montessori journey and my experiences as I trained, taught and setup classrooms. Around 2014 I kind of lost steam for the…
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