Month: May 2016

MOMtessori Life Blog Shop on Etsy!

May 20, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’ve been so busy in the past month or so getting all of my products ready for the big reveal, and IT’S FINALLY TIME!  I just opened my MOMtessori Life Blog Shop on Etsy and I’ve already had my first sale! My Instagram and Facebook followers can find a special coupon code valid until midnight […]

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Periscope?

May 19, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

Are you guys on Periscope?  I’ve had it for a few weeks now because a lot of my favorite bloggers use it and I love watching their livestreams!  It’s strangely addicting to watch people you don’t know in real life going about their days in real time.  You have to be careful or you’ll start […]

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Stickers

May 18, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

Stickers are some of L’s favorite things!  They’re also a great work for promoting fine motor skills — it’s kind of tough for toddlers to peel stickers by themselves.  The repetition of peeling a sticker and putting it on the paper, then peeling another sticker and putting it on the paper, leads to increased focus […]

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Best Educational Apps for Toddlers

May 17, 2016.Reading time 11 minutes.

Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of screen time for infants and toddlers.  Although children’s television and apps did not exist when Maria Montessori was developing her theory of education, I am sure that they are the furthest thing from what she was advocating.  Montessori is all about physical […]

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