Being a Montessori child, children become more and more independent

It’s likely that all parents, at one time or another, have this kind of thought, “My child is too young to do this and that. S/He should wait a little bit more to be able to do it,” “It takes too much time for the young child to do it. Adults had better do it instead”, “I can’t afford to let my child do it. S/He is going to make a mess eventually.”

But don’t you know, the more protective you are to prevent your children from stepping out of their comfort zone, the more chances they will lose in forming essential skills, especially their independence?

According to Dr. Maria Montessori, in their early years of life, children have endless potential for learning. Children can do a lot of things by themselves, and they experience things in the environment to develop necessary skills. Therefore, parents and adults should never help children with what they can do. Instead, they should help them do it themselves.

That’s why you might be surprised when you visit Sakura Montessori and see independent Montessori children every day: Children can set up the table, take their food, feed themselves, clean up after the meal, etc. They also express their independence in learning and other activities at school such as taking and returning materials, self-studying, taking care of the environment, putting away their backpacks and shoes…