Articles from January 2019

January 30, 2019

Favorites at 25 Months - Art Supplies

Favorites at 25 Months - Art Supplies
As a very new 2, Gus is super into art and using art supplies. To be honest, he has more interest than any of my other kids did at this age...
January 28, 2019

5 Tips for Cleaning Up Open Ended Play

5 Tips for Cleaning Up Open Ended Play
Open ended play is amazing right? Your child takes, for example, a bunch of blocks and builds an amazing city with them. Then, takes out to...
January 23, 2019

Favorite Board Games at 4-Years-Old

Favorite Board Games at 4-Years-Old
Being mostly screen free as a family means that games are really important to us. We play a lot of board games starting at a young age. The...
January 22, 2019

Finishing Our Potty Learning Journey

Finishing Our Potty Learning Journey
If you follow me on Instagram, or even just read my posts regularly, you have probably noticed that Gus hangs out in his underwear A LOT. A...
January 21, 2019

Tips for Introducing a Wavy Chopper

Tips for Introducing a Wavy Chopper
A few days ago I posted a video of Gus using a wavy chopper to cut up some carrots for our dinner. Then, I got a bunch of questions on how...
January 18, 2019

Montessori Friendly Play - A Visual Timeline 6 to 9 Months

Montessori Friendly Play - A Visual Timeline 6 to 9 Months
Here is another part in my Montessori friendly play series! This has been so much fun to put together and I love these older baby toys! ...
January 17, 2019

Some Favorites at 25 Months - Toys

Some Favorites at 25 Months - Toys
At 25 months old, Gus has a lot of different interests. Toys are just one of them. He will sit and work with his materials for bits through...
January 14, 2019

Play Silks and Why We Love Them

Play Silks and Why We Love Them
Yesterday was a pretty typical Minnesota winter day here. Cold, icy, grey. We had been outside, we had been inside but we were all still in ...
January 10, 2019

Dispenser Options for Child Water Access

Dispenser Options for Child Water Access
A few days before Christmas our beloved water dispenser broke. Someone turned the spigot a little too hard and it snapped off. To be fair,...
January 09, 2019

Do You Value Movement?

Do You Value Movement?
Fairly often, people will ask me "How do you get Gus to sit still and work?" or "do you have any tips for getting my child t...
January 07, 2019

Observation and the Prepared Adult

Observation and the Prepared Adult
Being a Montessori parent is so much more than making pretty spaces or having the right things. It's often about how we interact with ou...
January 04, 2019

Montessori Drinking Pitchers for Every Age and Stage

Montessori Drinking Pitchers for Every Age and Stage
For most children, water is something they are interacting with on a daily basis. It becomes a wonderful opportunity for independence even ...
January 03, 2019

How to Organize A Montessori Home - 6 Things to Try

How to Organize A Montessori Home - 6 Things to Try
It's that time of year when so many of us feel the need to start fresh. To look at ourselves and our homes with new eyes and see where ...
January 02, 2019

What if...Reflecting on my Goals for 2019

What if...Reflecting on my Goals for 2019
Happy New Year! I'm starting 2019 the way I think a lot of parents start the new year - sort of lost in the chaos that was the last t...