MOMtessori Life on WTNH Back to School segment

August 29, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hello friends! If you are following me on Facebook, you may have already seen this video of my Back to School segment on WTNH’s Good Morning Connecticut! If you haven’t, here’s the segment outlining a few DIY Montessori-inspired activities you can do at home to help prepare your children for beginning school or going back […]

Blogging Anniversary — My Favorite Posts of the Year

June 10, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

It’s hard to believe I started this blog one year ago today! It started out as just a little hobby blog, and a couple of months ago it turned into something much bigger! To celebrate, I thought I would bring back ten of my favorite posts of the year — most of them are relatively […]

How to Survive a Road Trip with a Toddler

May 16, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

This past weekend I went on a road trip with L. I was worried about how it was going to go, since the last time we went on a road trip L had a very hard time. She was bored for a lot of the trip and we just couldn’t find a way to keep […]

Video — Maria Montessori’s Pink Tower

May 11, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

My husband made this GORGEOUS natural wood “pink” tower. [We can still call it the Pink Tower because the stand is pink. :P] The pink tower is one of Maria Montessori’s original works. I’ll be writing a post about it soon. For now, watch L at 2 years old complete the Pink Tower — […]

Art Section and Coloring

May 4, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

I hate messes, remember? Part of dealing with that is allowing L to hone her fine motor and artistic skills so that messes become less common and precision is increased. So I sucked it up and set up an art section for her. L has always loved art of all kinds, and before I […]