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    Eight Months: Happy Birthday, Henry!

    Henry! You are growing and changing so much.

    This month as been all about crawling. You army crawled from 5-7 months, and from 7-8 months you figured out it was faster to get up on all fours. You go especially fast when you’re headed toward something you aren’t supposed to reach, like the toilet or Hoss’s bowls. You’ve also figured out how to pull open doors, so you love letting yourself out of your room when you wake up.

    You’re still pulling up on everything. Luckily, you’ve figured out how to get down really easily (although you still bonk your head occasionally). You move from crawling to sitting and back

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    Montessori Movement: Crawling to Walking

    Reading Carrie’s posts the past two days makes me marvel at the magic of infancy to toddlerhood. I know I sound cheesy, but I mean it! It’s simply amazing to watch a being go from a supine, completely-dependent position to an independent being who can walk. In eight months, Henry has gone from lying on his back to pulling himself up on everything. It has been amazing to watch the development of Montessori Movement: Crawling to Walking.

    For me, nurturing his movement is not about helping him advance faster than the other babies. Nor is it about reaching the important milestones early so I can brag on Facebook. (Although I … Read More

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    Montessori Movement: Birth to Crawling

    I’m a certified Montessori teacher for grades 1st through 3rd. However, I had a hard time wrapping my brain around how to implement Montessori principles for an infant. I read this book and this book, as well as several different blogs. But still, the sequence of which materials to use and when wasn’t very clear to me. That’s why I’m so excited to share this guest post by Carrie of Beginning Montessori. She’s a certified Montessori teacher and owns a Montessori school. Today’s post will focus on Montessori Movement: Birth to Crawling.

    Tomorrow’s post will be about crawling to walking. Although I prefer to use plural … Read More