Raising a kid and being a parent is difficult; but not as difficult as you
think. Kids struggle when they start to identify and learn new things.
Most of the parents will be in a dilemma about the enforcement of
connection between the world of a child and a parent. Allowing your
kid to take their own time in digesting things around them is the best
thing that you can offer as a parent. So, be relaxed and focus on your
children’s need for learning through various play activities and their
preference to take on responsibility through Montessori influenced
parenting.
Montessori education works with underlying idea of casting children
with positive potentials to become happy and productive members of
society. It helps parents, caretakers etc. to get connected easily to the
world of children through creating intentional environment and
designing play materials that kids would like to play with. Here are some
tips to establish proper communication with children
through
Montessori styled parenting.
Spend time with your child
Montessori education system strictly believes and focus on the essential
connection balance between child and parent. Children strives to
spend quality time with their parents. As a parent you should provide
enough time and effort to be with the children either through outdoor
activities or indoor activities ensuring effective participation in their
activities that they enjoy to do. They want you to play with them or watch
them play, walk with them by relishing their dislikes and likes. So, enter
their world with pleasure and shower them with your care and
happiness, which they will definitely cheer and cherish their entire life.
Follow the decisions and ideas of your child
Most of the children will have a control over what they want and what
they do not. Montessori parenting demands the parents to take an
account on what your child is really interested in and what they hate.
This parenting style encourage the parents to prepare and provide
guidelines for the children and allows them to choose what to do or
which activities they enjoy and how they want to play. This instils
effective child-parent relation and creates a perception of being
protected. Also, it can impart the sense of self-worth starting from a very
young age.
Ensuring security and safety of children
Providing an environment where your children feel safe is one of the
most important things. Montessori based parenting style advocates for
safe activities and play time by coming out with ideas that support
secure environment. Activities that they love to do should not make
them hurt, so create the play space in such a way that they are free to
go out and in, as they desire without getting injured or face any
discomfort. This can make them capable of taking self-decisions
thereby boosting up their confidence and identifying the difference
between safe and unsafe environment.
Promote the desires of child
Sometimes all we have to do is giving time and space to children.
According to the ideas proposed by Montessori parenting, children
should be included in almost all the activities that parents do. It is not
always about the theory of parents getting involved in children’s
activities and creating playrooms, contrarily, sometimes it is all about
ensuring active involvement and inclusion of children in the schedules
and day to day life of adults. Parents should not restrict kids from doing
what they want to do. Rather, make them participate in day to day life
activities like cooking, cleaning, gardening etc. This can easily enhance
their sense of belonging and make them feel worthy and useful.
Upskill Freedom and discipline
Children are basically like empty cartons in which, the joy of experiences
needs to be filled. Effective parenting can load positivity in the evolving
minds of children by fostering their life interests. Physical punishments
or shouting will only create misunderstandings and worsen the relation
with your kid. Be calm, accept their mistakes and make them study the
consequences of the mistake in polite manner. Remove the boundaries
and consistently focus on your children there by making them choose
positive and desirable behaviour. Allow them to choose what is good
for themselves and instruct the importance of freedom. Teach them the
eminence of being graceful, kind, self-disciplined by day to day real life
experiences.
Evolve your child through Montessori parenting style to encourage their
accountability and independence. Children can follow and learn with
full curiosity at their own speed of learning allowing them to
conceptualize the notion and master their life goals. Allow them to enjoy
freedom of learning and right to ask questions. Nurture critical thinking,
collaborative skills, and leadership qualities in them. Good parenting
can definitely make children passionate and confident even from a
young age.
