Guidepost Montessori Holiday Gift Guide
With the holiday season in full swing, we wanted to share some of our favorite Montessori-inspired toys and non-toy alternatives.
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Guidepost Montessori Holiday Gift Guide
With the holiday season in full swing, we wanted to share some of our favorite Montessori-inspired toys and non-toy alternatives.
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The Montessori approach to human development is based on the belief in the potential of the child, and on the belief that it is only the child who can realize this potential. To grow up well is to grow up to be increasingly independent—to be increasingly capable, increasingly confident, increasingly secure.
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Guidepost Montessori enables children to understand the world and choose their place within it.
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