December 30, 2016 Top 10 Posts of 2016 Tagged in: 2016, TKR, I still can't believe that 2016 is coming to an end. It's been an amazing and difficult year in so many ways. Here on The Kavanaugh... Continue reading
December 28, 2016 Montessori Baby Week 4 -- The Movement Area Tagged in: Montessori Baby, Montessori Home, Movement Area, Newborn, Room Tour, The freedom of movement is an important tenant in Montessori. This principal even applies to babies. By giving babies freedom of movement, ... Continue reading
December 21, 2016 Blessed in 2016 Tagged in: 2016, Holidays, Photography, Oh 2016. What a year. There are strong feelings about this year. From everyone. From me, even. Because, look at these kids. Seriously. Th... Continue reading
December 19, 2016 Montessori Baby Week 3 -- Protecting Concentration Tagged in: Montessori, Montessori Baby, Newborn, Recognizing, respecting and fostering concentration is an important tenant in the Montessori pedagogy. In fact, it is one of the most basic... Continue reading
December 15, 2016 14 Montessori Friendly Books for Winter Tagged in: Montessori Friendly Books, Raising Readers, Recently, I pulled out our collection of winter and winter-holiday books. I quickly realized we are lacking on our collection of winter boo... Continue reading
December 12, 2016 Montessori Baby Week 2 -- A Place in the Family Tagged in: AFK, Montessori, Montessori Baby, Newborn, It has been two wonderful weeks with Augustus at home. Every day we all settle more and more into our routine as a new family of five. This... Continue reading
December 07, 2016 Shared Montessori Bedroom Tagged in: Montessori, Montessori Home, Room Tour, Some of you may remember this post about Henry's Montessori toddler bedroom . We made it back when Henry was around 2-years-old. It rem... Continue reading
December 05, 2016 Montessori Baby Week 1 -- 5 Ways to Incorporate Montessori from Birth Tagged in: Montessori, Montessori Baby, Newborn, It's hard to believe that Augustus has already been home for a whole week. It feels like he was just born and that he has been here for... Continue reading