Guest Post on Say-n-Play Columbus: Take a Taste Tuesday

I am over on my friend Signe’s blog at Say-n-Play Columbus to share why it’s important to cook with toddlers and how to incorporate learning in the kitchen.  Go check it out HERE.

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40+ Montessori-Inspired Practical Life Activities for Infants and Toddlers

“When a child is given a little leeway, he will at once shout, ‘I want to do it!’  But in our schools, which have an environment adapted to children’s needs, they say, ‘Help me to do it alone.’  And these words reveal their inner needs.”  ~Maria Montessori Maria Montessori believed that child development emerges in […]

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DIY Montessori-Inspired Activities for Preschoolers — The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

One of our favorite things to do outside is to point out butterflies!  L has been interested in them ever since we visited the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls last summer, so I knew this was something we should begin to study more formally once we started homeschool preschool.  I ordered a butterfly kit so we […]

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