Shortly after Augustus turned 1-year-old, he started walking in earnest. As he has been perfecting his walking and other gross motor skills...
Articles from January 2018
Montessori sometimes has a reputation that it is really expensive. Sometimes people think that in order to "be Montessori" you ha...
Young toddlers are busy. Busy, busy. They have things to explore, things to do, things to see. They have a drive to move. And, this movemen...
About four years ago, I was at a thrift store and found the most perfect little juicer. It was a tiny glass pitcher with a matching glass j...
We're in the thick of our long, cold, dry winter. Which for the kids means, runny noses, chapped lips, and dry skin. Mostly these are j...
We seem to live in a culture obsessed with safety, or at least I do. There seems to be a million different rules for how to keep babies and...
It's been a long week here, Gus has been super sick with some sort of bad cold/flu-ish symptoms. With a high fever, we have been at hom...
Practical life is the corner stone to Montessori at home. Giving children the opportunity to independently work at the practical tasks tha...
You guys know how much we love to read around here! Sorry I haven't done one of these posts in awhile. To be honest, we just haven'...
If I could sum toddlers up in a couple of words they would be exploration and movement. Everything young toddlers do includes these two word...
It's that time of year where everyone is trying to figure out what in the world to do with all these new toys they have. Do you put the...
My kids love to work in the kitchen! They especially love to work in the kitchen when they are making sweet treats for themselves and for t...
I wasn’t specifically going to write about what my kids got for Christmas this year, because I simply ran out of time before the holiday. B...
I have talked about the importance of water in Montessori environments many times before. Water becomes the gateway to so many independent...
Montessorians are sort of famous for saying "follow the child." It is often the answer to many questions about how adults should ...