Simple activities you can do with your child at home or on the road, by Jeanne Marie Paynel (From birth to six years) - Visit www.voilamontessori.com
9 key points to sharing a new activity with your child:
1. Choose an age-appropriate* activity
2. Use a few words to introduce the activity
3. Give the proper language for each item used
4. Sit opposite your dominant hand so you don’t block your child’s vision of the activity (if you’re right-handed, sit to the right of the child; lefties sit on the left)
5. Slow down your movement, so your child can analyze what you’re doing
6. Do not talk when actually showing the activity
7. Only show your child a new activity when he is rested and well-fed
8. Do not interrupt or correct once your child is engaged
9. Enjoy sharing these moments with your child
