Montessori Assistants to Infancy at the service of families: some theory
We will discuss the observation experience gained during the week between sessions, talk about our discoveries and adjust our expectations from the course. The following topics will be in the focus of our attention during this session: - Physiology of conception and pregnancy - Constitutional types - The innate potential of the child
This seminar is from Childbirth & Parenting course of Valentina Zaytseva.
By the end of the second year of life the baby begins to speak sentences. This means that he accepts and understands the logic of the language, this is a step towards intellectual work. This is the time, when adults are called upon to help the child learn the language, gradually regulating the chaotic picture. The adult's challenge is to create conditions for spontaneous, intuitive at this stage development of written and spoken language, to recreate in the child's head a strict logic and original beauty. Dr. Maria Montessori writes that almost all normal children, having received the opportunity to use specially designed Montessori material, are able to write and read by five years old and they do it very well.
Great role in the development of the child's written and oral language plays the maturity, readiness of motor skills, especially the level of hand development. Written language requires the most complex small finger movements, closely associated with higher mental processes. All this makes us pay special attention to providing a child with the conditions for his motor skills development, especially the muscles of hands and the delicate movements of fingers. Observing children between the ages of two and six, we can conclude that it is this period of a person's life that is sensible and the most receptive to spontaneous, natural development of the hand.
The seminar will be held by Ekaterina Rodionova and Susanne Ostrovsky.
An expecting family: some important aspects to consider
In this session, we will focus on the following topics: - Family system and expectations for the child - Responsibilities of each family member - Relationships in a couple and willingness to change, the role of the father - Practice of Open Dialogue to help the family
This seminar is from Childbirth & Parenting course of Valentina Zaytseva.
- What factors need to be considered when creating a home environment and what should you pay attention to first of all? - What areas of the home environment do we distinguish and what changes in them during the period of the child's growth? - How environmental changes help the child become independent and why is it so important? - How can an adult help a child develop independence?
The workshop will be held by Irina Moiseykina (AMI Assistant to Infancy)
- How to eat in the cold season to feel cheerful and energetic. Why do we experience extreme appetite in autumn and how to avoid it - How to balance your diet and establish hormonal balance - What products will help strengthen the immune system. Prevention and treatment of colds with food. Traditional Approach (Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Modern Nutrition - How to softly and easily obtain conscious eating habits.
The workshop will be held by Aigul Chalova (Institute of Nutrition & Detox Couching, London)
At this meeting, we will focus on the mother and talk about how she can learn to take care of herself during pregnancy or even at the stage of preparation for pregnancy, so that these skills remain with her after the birth of the baby. We are particularly interested in topics such as: - Nutrition, daily routine, bodywork, relief tactics - Observation diary - Work with feelings
This seminar is from Childbirth & Parenting course of Valentina Zaytseva.
At this meeting, we will discuss how to prepare the home environment for the newborn, tune in to the most comfortable process of childbirth and allow for smooth adaptation of the baby - home environment - birth plan - materials and layette for a newborn
This seminar is from Childbirth & Parenting course of Valentina Zaytseva.
Role of a Father The seminar will be held by Irina Moiseykina - a mother of to children, an AMI 0-3 specialist and will cover the tasks of a father during each period described below:
1. Before birth: taking care of mother. A happy mother is a happy child; creating the right prepared, appropriate home environment; attending training courses on childbirth.
2. After birth: seeing the baby as soon as possible, because there is a sensitive period of paternity.
3. Symbiotic period - what is it? The tasks of the father during this period are: to be a protective barrier for the family so that the mother can establish a special relationship with the child; father becomes in charge of older children (if the family has older children).
4. 6 months+: the father can establish the right balance of love between mother and child; teach / convey the cultural values of the family, hobbies, traditions; it is desirable to participate in the education of the child, since the relationship between the child's academic progress in school and the active participation of the father in the educational process has been scientifically proven; it also demonstrates the male pattern of behaviour and helps to shape the child's sexual identity.
At this meeting, we will talk about how to support mom and baby in the first hours, days, weeks, and months after birth. In particular, we will cover topics such as: - Symbiotic life - Support system for a new family - Internal and external pregnancy
This seminar is from Childbirth & Parenting course of Valentina Zaytseva.
Care for the newborn and baby in the first months of life
- The role of an adult - Temperamental considerations for each baby - Breast feeding, weaning and nutrition in the first months of life - Bathing - Consultants, specialists, doctors: how to choose?
This seminar is from Childbirth & Parenting course of Valentina Zaytseva.
- Physiology of labor and periods of labor - Acupuncture, RAT, aromatherapy and other techniques of natural pain relief for childbirth - Contact of the newborn with mother and father
This seminar is from Childbirth & Parenting course of Valentina Zaytseva.
- The role of an adult - Temperamental considerations for each baby - Breast feeding, weaning and nutrition in the first months of life - Bathing - Consultants, specialists, doctors: how to choose?
This seminar is from Childbirth & Parenting course of Valentina Zaytseva.
At the first part of the training we will learn about how to be clear, concise and understandable with children. Unfortunately, our language in communicational process with a child often is saturated with too many questions, exclamations, instructions and other not very useful for understanding things. It was made in past time and we has been continuing today.
At the training we will try to move away from the traditional models and try to bring different models into the communication with children:
- We will practiced role-playing game to master the techniques of effective attention and support; - Learn the technique of direct instruction; - Explore our own position in the interaction with the child; - Follow our own borders: where they go, how we hold them; - Try to pay attention to matching a voice message and posture, gesture, glance, that accompany it.
On the second part we will discuss the successes and difficulties, perform the analysis and consolidate our skills. A good result of the training will be:
- Firm, clear messages to a child - avoiding unnecessary verbal messages, which are often "clog up" communication - The adequacy of the context of the message, what's going on - The congruence (match) of speech and body language - Awareness of our borders when dealing with a child.
Language Development of Toddlers. Communication. Art and Music
At the seminar we will tell you about:
- How language develops in children under 3 years old and what factors influence this? - Foreign language in this age - is it good or bad - How to communicate to a child in an effective way - How to choose books? What to sing and what fairy tales can be told to a child under 3 years old? - Should we need to teach child to draw?
The workshop will be held by Irina Moiseykina (AMI Assistant to Infancy)
In this workshop you will find answers to the following questions:
- What traps for children are imposed on us by the advertisement? What cages are approved by society, supposedly created to "protect our children"? - What are the benefits of fabric diapers? - Why do scientists recommend avoiding the use of pacifiers especially in the first month of life? - Fashionable, comfortable, modern, scientifically developed nanny - The Screen. Is it really so?
The seminar is led by Irina Moiseikina - AMI assistant for early childhood.