Raising a child also means educating them, helping them learn the rules of life necessary to live harmoniously with others in the communities we live in, and most importantly, helping them become independent adults. In addition to these aspects, in this category we also talk about kindergarten and school.
School is not a competition
Daniele Novara
What is the best way to learn in school? Certainly not the competition. Our studies and scientific knowledge show that children learn best by working together and learning from their mistakes
Guide to using technology for ages 0 to 6
Daniele Novara
Respect for life’s transitions is important. Here are some actionable pointers for dealing with the challenges digital technology poses for younger children
Montessori and the furniture that helps you grow
Elga Albarella
The management of school spaces is also an “educational” factor. In a Montessori school the space is divided into work areas and the child can freely move from one to the other according to his preferences
Children who bite: how to behave
Paola Cosolo Maragon
It is important to help parents and teachers understand this normal, fleeting phenomenon, which is definitely related to a certain phase of the child’s development
Design is not an intelligence test
Louisa Morassi
Learning to draw requires the development of complex interactive processes and different skills, which proceed at different times for each child
The Montessori transfusion, a game that children like
Annalisa Perino
Maria Montessori’s shelves are one of the favorite activities of young children, who thanks to the repetitive action manage to consolidate their skills and abilities, a real synaptic strengthening
Maria Montessori and the child-friendly home
Annalisa Perino
To give the child the opportunity to move freely and safely, we need to rethink the spaces and the furniture. A child-friendly home benefits everyone: it makes children more independent and parents more peaceful
Crying and colic, instructions for use
Constantine Pancha
What are the remedies for crying newborns? We talk about it, between medicine and anthropology, with pediatrician Costantino Panza
Adolescence: not only conflicts between parents and children
Giuseppe Sparnacci
Is typical adolescent conflict biologically determined? It is actually more of a socio-cultural construct that can be weakened if approached without prejudice
Kindergarten: fundamental in the child’s development
Daniele Novara
Attending kindergarten is an important opportunity for children, with positive effects on future school outcomes and personal fulfillment. The teacher explains it to us
Homework: should children be helped?
Daniele Novara
If children need help with homework, it should be given as much as possible, but it is wrong to replace it
Kindergarten is good, very good indeed
Sonia Bozzi
An American study published in 2011 verifies the relationship between a preschool education program and the health status of adults who benefited from the project as children
Technology without limits: the iPad porta potty
Tiziana Cherubin
A product created with the desire to simplify the lives of parents by helping them keep their children in the jar, but which risks becoming an annihilation station for the little ones
The use of violence in education
Constantine Pancha
Studies show that using corporal punishment as a learning style leads to a greater likelihood of anxiety, depression, mood and esteem disorders, alcohol and drug abuse, personality disorders in adulthood
Children and rules: how to teach them to respect them?
Paolo Rocato
Parents must be able to help the child understand the rules that regulate common life, so that he internalizes and respects them. Let’s see how
A kindergarten that really educates
Giovanni Sapucci
The school must work so that the boys and girls who attend it achieve visible developmental goals in three fundamental aspects: identity, autonomy and competence.
ADHD: A lively child is not sick
Daniele Novara
The tendency to seek ever earlier diagnoses is spreading to school. Too often this becomes a way to lure the student into a tool of no return
Montessori school goes beyond digital
Daniele Novara
To insist on digital school is to foreshadow the uselessness of school: if what matters is the connection to a tablet, a video screen or any digital medium, soon it may no longer be necessary to physically go to school
Infant masturbation: a pleasure that does no harm
Paolo Rocato
Children discover quite early the pleasure that genitals can offer. It is part of the normal process of self-awareness, child masturbation should not be banned and demonized
Children and sport: frequently asked questions
Stefano Gorini
Many parents wonder how to choose a sport for their children, what to look for and what kind of physical activity to offer young children. Below we answer some of the most frequently asked questions on the subject.