Montessori + Me
“Our attitude toward the newborn should not be one of compassion but rather of reverence before the mystery of creation, that a spiritual being has been confined with limits perceptible to us.”
MSM is proud to present our community program, Montessori + Me! This course introduces expecting parents to the Montessori method and guides them in the process of implementing it at home in the life of their newborn.
Course Description
Parents begin Montessori + Me by completing a six-week instructional course while they are still pregnant. Classes are held at the Montessori School of Marion on Monday evenings from 5:45 to 7:00 PM. Each 6-week session costs a total of $175. We ask that expecting mothers come with their husband in order to build a unified team in the home that best supports your baby.
Through a series of six classes, parents will learn in a nurturing setting under the guidance of a trained Montessori instructor. They will be taught how to support their child’s natural development in order to raise children in a respectful manner that encourages growth and independence.
The course will cover:
Setting up your baby’s home environment
Safety, Montessori materials, mobiles, floor beds, and more
The child in the womb, delivery, and the 4th trimester (symbiotic period)
Sensorial impressions in the womb, language development, birth, skin to skin contact, and the child’s first few weeks post-birth.
The child’s desire for independence
The importance of observation, joy in struggle and accomplishment, free movement, diapering and toileting.
Rhythms and routines of care
Feeding and breastfeeding, language development, nurturing emotional bonds, sleeping, bathing.
Registration
Upcoming instructional course sessions:
Fall Session (2023-Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20, 27, Dec 4)
Spring Session (2024-dates to be announced)
To sign up, please complete the registration form below. Please note that you are required to bring your payment check to MSM on or before your first course session. Each session will only be held if 3 couples, at minimum, register. You will be notified beforehand if your session is postponed or cancelled.
“At birth, the child leaves a person – his mother’s womb – and this makes him independent of her bodily functions. The baby is next endowed with an urge, or need, to face the outer world and to absorb it. We might say that he is born with ‘the psychology of world conquest.’”