Living the Montessori life as a mom with two young children
One of L’s favorite things to do outside is collect fall leaves in a little pumpkin bucket. Unfortunately, once we get inside the leaves don’t last very long before they get dry and crumbly. I decided to try to extend the lives of some fall leaves by laminating them — so far, it’s working! I […]
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L has been obsessed with trying to open containers for a while now. At first, I was hesitant to put a work like this together, because there are many things I don’t want her to be able to open — for my own sanity. But I figured that she’s old enough now to handle the contents […]
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What do you do with all the pumpkins your toddler has scrubbed? I created a “Big” and “Little” work to compare the sizes of pumpkins. I placed one big pumpkin and one little pumpkin in a bin and that’s it! L puts them both on the table and we point to the “big pumpkin” and […]
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We go to a local farmer’s market each week for our fruits and vegetables. This week, they had a huge bin full of different types of gourds right by the door. L made a bee-line for the bin and enjoyed searching through it. I decided to update her sensorial basket with some fall gourds. I […]
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