Maria Montessori discovered that children are not “blank slates” to be written upon, but rather individuals with an incredible internal drive to develop.<\/p>\n
A child’s play is their work. When a 6-year-old is deep into a weaving project, we treat that loom with the same respect an artisan would. We provide real, high-quality materials<\/strong> \u2014 real sewing needles, glass measuring cups \u2014 because we respect their capability.<\/p>\n From birth to age 6, children soak up their environment effortlessly. Because we know children are absorbing everything, we fill our space with beautiful textures, rich language, diverse stories, and the calming sounds of nature.<\/p>\n These are biological “windows of opportunity” where the brain is primed to acquire a specific skill with almost zero effort. If a child is in a sensitive period for “order and precision,” they will find deep satisfaction in the exact measurements of baking. At Funtime, we don’t force a child to move on \u2014 we provide the tools, time, and space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maria Montessori discovered that children are not “blank slates” but individuals with an incredible internal drive to develop…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funtimelearning.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funtimelearning.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funtimelearning.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funtimelearning.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funtimelearning.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/funtimelearning.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funtimelearning.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funtimelearning.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funtimelearning.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2. The Absorbent Mind<\/h3>\n
3. Sensitive Periods: Catching the Wave of Interest<\/h3>\n