My Top 10 Blog Posts of 2020

What a year 2020 has been! This year has certainly not been anything like I expected, but we managed to adjust and keep chugging along together! Every year, I like to take a look back at my top 10 blog posts for that year. These weren’t necessarily my most viewed/shared blog posts of the year, […]

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Nurturing Patience & Perseverance in Young Children

From what you see on Instagram, many people assume my girls are practically angels! While that’s certainly not always true — social media is mostly the highlights, after all — they do have an amount of patience and perseverance that I attribute to my amazing parenting skills Montessori. There are so many skills that I’ve […]

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Montessori-Inspired Penguin Skip Counting Puzzles

I created some farm animal skip counting puzzles as part of my Montessori-Inspired Farm Printable Pack a few months ago, and they were such a hit that I decided to make some skip counting puzzles featuring penguins! The numbers on each puzzle correspond to that base number’s Montessori bead bar color, and the picture in […]

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Celebrating New Year’s Eve with Kids — Our Child-Planned NYE Party

New Year’s Eve is typically seen as a big partying holiday for adults, but it’s always fun to include the kids! Truth be told, even before COVID we usually stayed home on NYE and were in bed by 10pm. For the past few years, we’ve had a family New Year’s Eve party just the four […]

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Labeling Parts of a Hanukkiah (menorah) – Montessori-inspired Hanukkah Resources

We are not Jewish, but we strive to learn about all holidays throughout the year. My very favorite place to find Jewish holiday materials is on @ashspeedteaches’ Instagram page. I found these Parts of a Hanukkiah (Menorah) 3-Part Cards in her Teachers Pay Teachers shop and knew they would be perfect for our Hanukkah study! […]

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