NIn everyday life, children wake up, go to school, spend time with their grandparents, participate in extra-curricular activities, accompany their parents to do the shopping. Their week is marked by definite and recurring appointments. A routine that, if adequate, reassures the little ones by helping them to orient themselves in time and space without difficulty. But in the last two months, first with the lokdown, now with phase 2, their everyday life has been subverted, creating many management problems for parents. We talked about it with Annalisa Perino, Montessori educator and educator, creator of the blog montessoriacasa.com and author of the book, “Children at home and happy - Montessori activities” (Longanesi).
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The upheaval of routine
“It is a common experience of all parents that when proven routines are upset for family needs or for reasons beyond their control, children can experience discomfort and discomfort. Following the issuance of the ministerial decrees to combat the coronavirus, families have seen schedules, spaces, routines change suddenly and suddenly.
But the extended time that we are forced to live in these weeks it is a golden opportunity to slow down and support the "slow progress" of children», Explains Annalisa Perino, Montessori educator and trainer, creator of the blog montessoriacasa.com and author of the book, “Children at home and happy - Montessori activities” (Longanesi).
Credits: Longanesi Publisher
Rearrange life
The aim of the book is to guide parents in the delicate task of rebuilding the domestic order for their children, starting with the reorganization of spaces and daily routines, thanks also to the proposal of Montessori activities to do together. «However difficult this experience may be, for children and parents, a unique opportunity for closeness, sharing and comparison that can make them grow as a family. It's a time to devote to observing children to understand them better and give them answers without having to cut it short "because now I can't!"», Comments the expert.
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