Green Child Magazine Back-to-School 2014 | Page 55

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Asking to watch another’s lesson
Asking to join in play
Asking for a turn
Asking an older child for help
Asking to join a group lesson
Inviting another child to play
How to refuse an invitation kindly
Introducing myself to another: “Hello (or
“Hi”). My name is….”
• How to say “no” politely
• “No, thank you. I don’t want to do that.”
• How to say, “Stop! Stop! You’re hurting
me. Stop. I don’t like that!”
• How to ask someone to move: “Could you
please move? I would like to sit here.”
• “Excuse me, please. I want to walk through
here.”

These lessons are a start, an example of what
you can do, when you set your mind to thinking about what matters in how your home or
classroom is run. With these lessons we set the
standard of how we want our classrooms and
our homes to function. Develop the lessons you
need for the layout of your school or home and
the rituals you wish your children to follow.
Remember that in Montessori we do not assume the children know something, but we
teach everything, giving the child the opportunity to do thing correctly, as they generally
want to do.

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