Deck
- Vases for flower arranging
- Watering can
- IKEA gardening tools
- Children's gardening gloves
- Extra pots for the kids to plant found seeds
- Containers with bird seed for refilling feeders
- Finger paint
- Air dry clay
Hey there - I have been a follower of your blog & IG since before Gus was born, and have always appreciated, among other things, that the kids' books you share and highlight have always featured many stories about characters of color... while the almost complete absence of any references to race on your blog is really noticeable (as a mixed-race family, race isn't a bonus conversation topic, it's our reality!), even including more than one or two books that don't feature white kids is more than many Montessori blogs do, so thank you for that. I did want to let you know, though, that your return to "business as usual" posts, after brief references to the protests and the larger events going on in our country, has felt... really jarring this week. I am sure you are doing a lot of work, learning and talking behind the scenes, and I certainly respect that you don't have to share about it here in order to make it real. But it has been a rare moment when *everyone* is talking about race and racism, not just those who are impacted by it, and to not spend more time exploring those issues, especially with a large readership, feels (I know this is not at all your intent, it's just how it comes across!) like trying to sweep these things under the rug and move on back to how things were. Again, I say this with all respect and appreciation, as I have gotten a lot out of your blog in the past. But catching up on the social media of many white Montessori folks who I have followed for years has felt like an emotional slog this week as they return to their typical posting content, and it would be really important and meaningful to many of us if you continued to discuss these issues even when you don't "have" to. Just my two cents! Thanks for what you do.
Thank you so much for reaching out. I really appreciate your opinion and I will continue to work harder to amplify these important issues about race. I'm sorry it feels that I've moved on, I wont offer excuses but I want to state my intention to do better both here and on social media.