July 31, 2017 Montessori Weaning Cup -- Montessori Baby Week 34 Tagged in: 8-Months-old, Montessori Baby, Weaning, One way that Montessori is different from mainstream parenting is that we insist on giving children -- even the youngest children -- real e... Continue reading
July 26, 2017 Home from Montessori Children's House Tagged in: 5-years-old, 6-years-old, Children's House, Montessori Child, Preschool, A little over a month ago, Henry finished his kindergarten year at the public Montessori school he attends. He had a wonderful year and gre... Continue reading
July 22, 2017 Moving, Moving -- Montessori Baby Week 33 Tagged in: 7-months-old, Gross Motor, Montessori Parenting, Natural Gross Motor Development, Augustus has been sick all week with a high fever, but that hasn't stopped him from doing the one thing he really wants to do -- move. ... Continue reading
July 19, 2017 Montessori Toddler in the Kitchen at 3-years-old Tagged in: 3-years-old, Kitchen, Montessori Child, Montessori Toddler, Practical Life, Preschool, With Nora being 3-years-old now, we are starting to leave the toddler years behind. This fall she will enter Children's House and a who... Continue reading
July 18, 2017 Observing through Art with a Buddha Zen Scroll Tagged in: 2-years-old, 3-years-old, Art, Montessori Parenting, Montessori Toddler, Sponsored Post, Observation is such a critical skill for a Montessori parent. Yet, the ability to sit back and watch, really watch, your child is not an e... Continue reading
July 17, 2017 10 Montessori Inspired Trays from Instagram Tagged in: 18 to 24 Months, 2-years-old, 3-years-old, Instagram, Montessori Inspired, My love affair with all things Instagram and Montessori is showing a little bit with this post! There are just so much great Montessori in... Continue reading
July 14, 2017 Spinning Top Toys Tagged in: 5-years-old, 6-years-old, Products, At Christmas, I needed a little something to put in Henry's stocking so I picked up a little top {number 8} to include. And, a love af... Continue reading
July 13, 2017 Baby Proofing with a Montessori Floor Bed Tagged in: Floor Bed, Montessori, Montessori Baby, Using a Montessori floor bed with an infant is so incredible. Like I mentioned in my previous post , there are big differences between usin... Continue reading
July 12, 2017 Realities of a Montessori Floor Bed from Birth Tagged in: 7-months-old, Floor Bed, Montessori Baby, Augustus has been our first baby that has used a floor bed from birth. Nora and Henry both moved to floor beds as toddlers -- Henry at 2-ye... Continue reading
July 07, 2017 Montessori Baby - Introducing Family Meals Tagged in: 7-months-old, Montessori Baby, Weaning, Introducing solid food to your baby can be such an exciting time! But, weaning -- as we call it in Montessori -- can also be nerve wracking... Continue reading
July 06, 2017 Insect Materials for 3-year-olds Tagged in: 3-years-old, Products, Nora is obsessed with dead bugs right now. No joke! We literally have a discovery box full of dead beetles sitting at our children's t... Continue reading
July 03, 2017 What We're Reading -- June Tagged in: Montessori Friendly Books, Raising Readers, Now that it is officially summer break here, we've been so busy. But, that hasn't stopped us from reading! It has influenced our ch... Continue reading