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Montessori-Inspired Winter Play Activities

Montessori-Inspired Winter Play Activities

January 21, 2022
With the recent cold weather in Calgary and changing COVID restrictions, many families are spending a lot of time indoors, leaving many parents running out of creative and unique activities to do with their children. Doing something as simple as centering your activities around a theme is
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Is My Child Ready For Preschool?

Is My Child Ready For Preschool?

January 14, 2022
Children are all unique and develop along different timelines. What one child shows at 2 years old may be what others show at 3 or even 4. This is why there is not one specific age to enroll your child in preschool. To know if they are prepared to go to a child education institute such as
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Setting New Year's Resolutions With Your Preschooler

Setting New Year's Resolutions With Your Preschooler

January 7, 2022
It’s a brand new year and that means it’s time to set some new goals for 2022! Creating New Year’s resolutions are a great way to teach your children about goal setting, determination, and personal improvement. Since children have short attention spans, it will be up to y
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Inspire Your Preschooler's Creativity With These Tips

Inspire Your Preschooler's Creativity With These Tips

December 22, 2021
Creativity is innate in children but it can become stifled as they age and are taught to act and think in more structured ways. Creativity needs to be encouraged for the sake of your child’s enjoyment and so they can feel more self confident, motivated, and better at problem solving.
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The Effects Of Colour On The Learning Environment

The Effects Of Colour On The Learning Environment

December 10, 2021
Children interact with the world via their senses. That is how they learn and often how they communicate, since they cannot read or write yet. As parents and teachers attempt to teach children, it is important to try to keep the colours in the child’s environment ones that will foste
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12 Days Of Montessori Christmas: Montessori Inspired Activities For Your Preschooler

12 Days Of Montessori Christmas: Montessori Inspired Activities For Your Preschooler

December 3, 2021
Christmas is fast approaching and that means time at home during the cold Calgary winters. If you’re familiar with the Montessori method, you’ll appreciate these Montessori inspired activities that get your child engaging their senses, incorporating movement, and practicing mot
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Inspired Gifts For Your Preschooler’s Christmas List

Inspired Gifts For Your Preschooler’s Christmas List

November 26, 2021
The air is getting colder and the snow is building up, that means Christmas is on the way! For those who have young children in their life, buying Christmas gifts is a great opportunity to get something that can foster the imagination, inspire movement, and encourage the development of mot
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Why Children Have Tantrums And How Best To Respond

Why Children Have Tantrums And How Best To Respond

November 12, 2021
Preschool-aged children may not have a developed understanding of their own emotions and it can cause a lot of confusion and frustration within them. This is why we see children throwing tantrums. It can come from a place of anger, sadness, overstimulation, or other factors, but the child
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Teach Your Preschooler These Healthy Habits

Teach Your Preschooler These Healthy Habits

November 12, 2021
Habits are learned young, which is why it’s important to make them healthy ones. Children learn their habits from home, both by what they are directly taught and by what they see the adult in their lives doing. Healthy habits aren’t only concerned with food, although eating hab
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How You Can Teach Responsibility To Your Preschooler

How You Can Teach Responsibility To Your Preschooler

October 28, 2021
It’s never too early to begin teaching your young child personal responsibility, but how exactly do you do that with a child aged 3-6? Parents and teachers can use a number of activities that instill important life skills such as a strong work ethic, self-confidence, and a sense of r
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A Deep Dive into the IPC Core Content Areas

A Deep Dive into the IPC Core Content Areas

October 14, 2021
Parents want the best for their children. And this sentiment is exactly why the International Preschool Curriculum (IPC) was created. The IPC was founded as a way to ensure that all preschool programs would provide only the best in early childhood education standards. The IPC teaches 6 cor
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Setting Your Child Up for School Success with Extracurricular Activities

Setting Your Child Up for School Success with Extracurricular Activities

October 7, 2021
If you were lucky enough to participate in teams, groups, or clubs outside of school when you were young, you have come to understand the amazing feelings of accomplishment and the sense of community offered by extracurricular activities. Some of us may still be involved with the pastimes
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Meet Grey Matter Montessori’s Community Partners

Meet Grey Matter Montessori’s Community Partners

September 24, 2021
As we kick off the 2021-2022 school year we look forward to a year filled with learning, growth and exciting opportunities to explore our community and the larger world around us. Grey Matter has thoughtfully designed a comprehensive curriculum centred on the Montessori Method and Internat
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Tips To Build a Strong Foundation for Early Learning

Tips To Build a Strong Foundation for Early Learning

September 9, 2021
Your baby is no longer a baby! It is exciting to watch our children grow and learn, and although we sometimes want to keep them little forever, we also celebrate every accomplishment and milestone they achieve. And all of a sudden, one day, your toddler is of preschool age and ready to beg
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4 Ways To Motivate Your Child To Learn

4 Ways To Motivate Your Child To Learn

September 2, 2021
Encouraging your child to find the motivation to learn in a positive way is important to build habits that will last throughout their entire educational journey. There is a difference between motivating your child to learn and forcing them to. Forcing your child to learn will make them res
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The Benefits of School Uniforms

The Benefits of School Uniforms

September 2, 2021
There are arguments to be made for both sides of the school uniform debate. At Grey Matter Montessori  we believe in the benefits of school uniforms to promote a space of uninterrupted learning and to create a strong school culture. Our standard uniform is a Grey Matter Montessori pol
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The Importance Of Sensory Play For Development

The Importance Of Sensory Play For Development

August 12, 2021
A child’s very first development is defined by a sensory interaction with their new world; the sound of their mother’s voice, a soothing pat on their back, gripping the fingers of their siblings. Dr. Maria Montessori believed that a child’s sensory experiences begin at bi
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The Right Questions to Ask During a Montessori Tour

The Right Questions to Ask During a Montessori Tour

August 5, 2021
As the lazy, hazy days of summer draw to a close, school is right around the corner. If you are the parent of a preschooler, this may be the first time you are investigating the educational opportunities for your child. As the launching pad for their entire educational experience, preschoo
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23 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Preschool

23 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Preschool

July 30, 2021
During the formative years, specifically ages 2 to 5, your child is like a little sponge- constantly learning, understanding, and interpreting the world they live in. Through social interactions, connection with their family and loved ones, and the invaluable benefits of play,  your c
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15 Montessori Activities for your Toddler and Preschooler

15 Montessori Activities for your Toddler and Preschooler

July 15, 2021
To the untrained eye they may look like ‘chores’, but in the world of Montessori style learning they are referred to as practical life activities and your kiddo will love them! More often than not you might find your toddler or preschooler wanting to copy what you are doing in
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Fostering a Love for Learning Through Play

Fostering a Love for Learning Through Play

July 8, 2021
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4 Reasons To Enroll Your Child In An IPC® Preschool

4 Reasons To Enroll Your Child In An IPC® Preschool

June 24, 2021
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6 Different Types Of Preschool Programs

6 Different Types Of Preschool Programs

June 18, 2021
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How to Choose a Summer Camp for Kids

How to Choose a Summer Camp for Kids

June 10, 2021
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