The Montessori Baby: A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding

The Montessori Baby: A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding

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  • Create Date:2021-05-11 23:31:33
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Simone Davies
  • ISBN:B08GG24S89
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Summary

It's Time To Change The Way We See Babies。

Now it’s baby’s turn! Filled with the values, advice, and aesthetic that have made The Montessori Toddler a parenting bestseller, with over 200,000 copies in print, The Montessori Baby is here to help new parents find the support and peace they crave。

Cowritten by Montessori Toddler author Simone Davies and fellow Montessori educator Junnifa Uzodike, The Montessori Baby draws on the child-led principles of the Montessori educational method to foster a first year defined by love, respect, understanding, and a surprising sense of calm。 Maria Montessori observed that all children have what she called “an absorbent mind,” ready to drink it all in, and that the role of parents is to mindfully assist in their learning and development。 With babies, that means less is more—a lot less stuff, for sure, but also less speed; slow way down, and avoid rushing through feeding, diaper changes, and the like。 It means establishing a “yes” space—where baby can safely explore absolutely everything, whether with hands or mouth。 It means setting up activities to help promote baby’s movement and language development, but then to step back—the parent’s role is to prepare the environment, not be the entertainer。 There are tips on how to set clear and kind boundaries, how to create a secure sense of attachment, how best to speak to baby, and even what kind of toys to use (mobiles especially)—all through the Montessori lens。

And like its predecessor, The Montessori Baby is that rare parenting book that’s a pleasure to look at—beautiful color illustrations and a bright airy design reinforce the book’s direct and jargon-free approach。 It may also inspire parents to look at their own homes in a different way and use the Montessori aesthetic to create an environment of uncluttered calm。 The whole family will benefit。
 

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Reviews

Andrea

*I received this book from NetGalley in return for a honest review*This book was a great introduction on how to use Montessori with your babies, and even earlier and is full of information on concepts, activities, and ways to set up your home to raise your children from birth in a Montessori way。 This book makes it seem not overwhelming at all and I enjoyed that it included interviews and pictures of homes around the world set up in different ways。 The book is organized with different concepts a *I received this book from NetGalley in return for a honest review*This book was a great introduction on how to use Montessori with your babies, and even earlier and is full of information on concepts, activities, and ways to set up your home to raise your children from birth in a Montessori way。 This book makes it seem not overwhelming at all and I enjoyed that it included interviews and pictures of homes around the world set up in different ways。 The book is organized with different concepts and then by age and is something that I can see myself going back to in the future。 。。。more

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Très clair et concret!

Megan Eggers

I selected this book – which I received free from Netgalley – for two main reasons。 First, I have a long-standing interest in education, especially early childhood education。 Second, I had already read and enjoyed The Montessori Toddler by Simone Davies and wanted to see how she expanded these ideas to the first year of life。 The Montessori approach has been of significant interest for me in the past and though I don’t necessarily agree with everything this theory teaches, it does have some poin I selected this book – which I received free from Netgalley – for two main reasons。 First, I have a long-standing interest in education, especially early childhood education。 Second, I had already read and enjoyed The Montessori Toddler by Simone Davies and wanted to see how she expanded these ideas to the first year of life。 The Montessori approach has been of significant interest for me in the past and though I don’t necessarily agree with everything this theory teaches, it does have some points of interest in the way that it lets the child focus on one thing at a time and in how it teaches the parent(s) or guardian(s) to take care of themselves as well。 I’m also a big fan of the slower and less harried pace taken in this approach, especially in the early years。 Parents are so often told that they have to cram so much into the first few years – there are books galore out there about how to make your child a chess champion or teach your one-year-old how to read ☹ - that it can be easy to forget that children are people too and need to take things at their own pace。 So, was this a worthy addition to the extensive collection of Montessori books currently on the market? I believe so, it was well written, easy to understand, and outlined both the basics of the theory and its practical application。 Davies and Uzodike did an excellent job covering the core of what a parent would need to know to implement Dr。 Montessori’s work as well as including adaptions for parents and children in more unique situations。 Definitely worth a look if you are considering adding any Montessori elements to your parenting。 。。。more

Cozy Book Spot

It's a very informative book and I'm enjoying reading it Ir tells you how to prepare your home for the newborn and then toddler, some montessori activities for babies, talks about gross motor development, and how to put the montessori method in practice。 A great companion for new parents。 I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review It's a very informative book and I'm enjoying reading it Ir tells you how to prepare your home for the newborn and then toddler, some montessori activities for babies, talks about gross motor development, and how to put the montessori method in practice。 A great companion for new parents。 I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review 。。。more

Gabrielle

I was delighted to receive an advanced reader copy of this book。 I'm a Montessori teacher and I often recommend the author's first book, The Montessori Toddler, to parents of children in my class and friends who are parents。 The Montessori Baby is a lovely prequel and will be a wonderful and accessible resource for parents interested in using the Montessori method from birth。 I was delighted to receive an advanced reader copy of this book。 I'm a Montessori teacher and I often recommend the author's first book, The Montessori Toddler, to parents of children in my class and friends who are parents。 The Montessori Baby is a lovely prequel and will be a wonderful and accessible resource for parents interested in using the Montessori method from birth。 。。。more