Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author (not pictured) is a mom of four kids and owns a Montessori school in Brooklyn.lithiumcloud/Getty Images Intensive ...

“Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human dignity, which is derived from a sense of ...

“The children love to do these things (practical life activities) for themselves and they learn to be careful and precise in their movements. This is both education of movement, because there is a ...