June 30, 2017 Reading to Your Montessori Baby from Birth Tagged in: 7-months-old, Montessori Baby, Montessori Friendly Books, Raising Readers, Reading had clearly been on my brain this week! And, that includes reading with Augustus. I haven't written about this yet, but we sta... Continue reading
June 29, 2017 7 Inspiring Montessori Reading Spaces Tagged in: Montessori Home, Raising Readers, Reading is such an important part of our lives here. Not a day goes by when I don't find my kids wrapped up in a book. And, we try to r... Continue reading
June 28, 2017 Montessori Friendly Baby Toys at 6 Months Tagged in: 6-months-old, Montessori Baby, Products, As Augustus gets older his need to explore the environment continues to grow. He needs movement, rich language, and a few things to explore... Continue reading
June 26, 2017 3 Ways to Help Your Children Become Best Friends Tagged in: Montessori Parenting, Siblings, Henry is 3 years and 3 months older than Nora, to the day. And, they are each other's best friends. When school started last fall they ... Continue reading
June 21, 2017 Woven Baskets Tagged in: Montessori Home, I'm on the hunt for some new woven baskets . I need something for a couple open ended materials that I would like to put on the shelves... Continue reading
June 20, 2017 The Montessori Weaning Spoon -- Montessori Baby Week 29 Tagged in: Montessori Baby, Montessori Home, Weaning, Montessori weaning is a fun and interesting adventure, and it is starting with Augustus! Introducing food to my babies has been one of my f... Continue reading
June 19, 2017 8 Montessori Baby Spaces to Swoon Over Tagged in: Montessori Baby, Montessori Home, I could spend all day looking at Montessori baby spaces! They are truly lovely. And, turns out that looking at them is the prefect way to p... Continue reading
June 17, 2017 Interlocking Disks -- Montessori Baby Week 28 Tagged in: 6-months-old, Montessori Baby, Montessori Friendly Toys, During the first year of a baby's life the gross motor leaps that a baby takes are seriously impressive. Babies are in the sensitive pe... Continue reading
June 15, 2017 4 More Montessori Art Trays at 2 Tagged in: 2-years-old, Art, Montessori Inspired, Montessori Toddler, Toddlers need and seek order in their environment. If you want some work to call to a child -- make it beautiful and make it orderly. If th... Continue reading
June 13, 2017 Sensorial Learning at Home at 3-years-old Tagged in: 12 Months to Montessori, 24 to 36 Months, 3-years-old, Children's House, Montessori Inspired, Montessori Toddler, Preschool, Children have a deep need to develop their senses as they explore the world around them. It is through this development that they prepare t... Continue reading
June 09, 2017 Montessori Mobiles With Older Babies Tagged in: 6-months-old, Montessori Baby, Montessori Mobiles, Friends, know that I have a slight obsession with Montessori mobiles! They are just the perfect way to engage a young baby and illicit conc... Continue reading
June 08, 2017 Creating a Montessori Water Station in Your Home Tagged in: Montessori, Montessori Home, Montessori Parenting, Practical Life, The link between access to water and independent children is palpable. There is no way to deny it. By giving children access to water, we g... Continue reading
June 07, 2017 Realities of Water Use in a Montessori Home Tagged in: Montessori, Montessori Parenting, In order to create an environment that promotes independence for my children, we ensure that they have access to water in as many ways as p... Continue reading
June 06, 2017 The Link Between Water and Independence Tagged in: Montessori, Montessori Home, Montessori Parenting, Water is all around us. As adults, we use water every single day. We drink it, cook with it, bathe with it, clean with it. Water literally ... Continue reading