Moving with Kids — Tips & Tricks from a Montessori Parent

July 18, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know that we’ve been moving for as long as I can remember the past couple of months. First we were packing up non-essentials and donating things we didn’t need to get our house ready for showings. Then it sold and we were quickly packing up to get […]

15 Ways to Raise World Changers

January 31, 2018.Reading time 14 minutes.

“We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.” ~Maria Montessori Montessori is a lot of practical life skills and sandpaper letters and bead bars and all the rest of it, but it’s also about cultivating […]

Discipline the Montessori Way

January 10, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Discipline is one of the topics I get the most questions about, which is why I made it a large part of my Montessori Parenting E-Course and Workshops. You can get a full, more detailed version of how to discipline the Montessori way over there, but here’s a cheat sheet for you: The first step […]

Food Prep Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers — Orange Juicing

May 24, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

I found the most adorable little ceramic juicer at Target one day, and I knew it would be PERFECT for L’s little hands. You can find one like it here. I put the juicer, half an orange, and a small glass like this one on a small tray. I showed L how to squeeze and twist […]

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

May 4, 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

“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 […]