We recently went on a short educational trip to visit some historical sites of Philadelphia with our two second plane children, and I’d love to share the whole process with you! None of the links I’m adding to this post are sponsored in any way — they’re just things we experienced and what we loved […]

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A lot of the spaces I’ve shared here have been ones that we prepared when the girls were in the first plane of development, from 0 to 6 years old. That plane requires more minimalism, separated materials each on their own trays, everything pretty low to the ground, etc. Now that my girls are firmly […]

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If you’ve been around the Montessori world for a while now, you may have heard about the planes of development. Maria Montessori noticed certain human tendencies and characteristics in a wave of phases that she termed the Four Planes of Development. Each plane has its own goals and behaviors as a way of continuing along […]

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I’ve shared a couple different versions of my girls’ bedrooms in the first plane of development (0-6 years), but I haven’t yet shared how it’s changed now that Lila is in the second plane of development (6-12 years). First, here’s a look back in time: My girls shared a bedroom for several years — at […]

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When Lila’s school closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, I was pretty excited to get to have Lila joining us in our homeschool room each day. She is firmly in the second plane of development now, so I knew that our old routine would no longer work. She doesn’t need me to put together the […]

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