Our Guest: Chip DeLorenzo
Show Notes
Chip DeLorenzo joins the podcast to discuss setting and maintaining limits in the Montessori classroom. First Chip distinguishes between setting and maintaining limits, and then share guiding principles for these practices. Chip also describes some roadblocks that teachers encounter when attempting to maintain limits with children, and most importantly, a few effective and respectful tools that help encourage and develop cooperation and follow-through.
One tool that Chip discusses in depth is “the power of silence.” So many times, teachers overexplain when maintaining limits. Instead, Chip recommends giving nonverbal prompts (or at least limiting our words) and then stepping back, remaining present, warm, and silent. Chip delves into how and why this technique works so well, and what to do when it doesn’t.
About our Guest
Chip DeLorenzo, M.Ed.
Author, Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom; Teaching Professor, Xavier University Montessori Program
Chip DeLorenzo has been a Montessori educator since 1995. He is a Teaching Professor at Xavier University, and the former Head of School of the Damariscotta Montessori School, where he spent 20 years as a teacher and administrator. Chip is the co-author, with Jane Nelsen, of Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom. As a teacher trainer and school consultant, Chip has worked with thousands of Montessori teachers and parents in teaching the principles and practices of Positive Discipline through various workshops and lectures. He holds Early Childhood, Lower and Upper Elementary AMS certifications, and has worked extensively with Montessori Adolescent students. Chip is the father of five Montessori children, and he and his wife, Kathy, live in Loveland, Ohio.
Resources
Positive Discipline for Montessori Schools and Families
https://chipdelorenzo.com
Book: Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom by Jane Nelson & Chip DeLorenzo
https://www.montessoriservices.com/positive-discipline-in-the-montessori-classroom
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