Favorite Toddler Materials for Beginning Learning at Home

May 3, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Truthfully, it’s okay if your toddler just wants to play all day at home. Your toddler is in the period of the Absorbent Mind, and her brain is soaking up new information every single day. But if you do want to set the groundwork for beginning to do Montessori Homeschool Preschool, setting up some materials […]

Vehicle 2-Part Puzzles — Free Printable!

April 26, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

2-Part Puzzles (sometimes called “Go Togethers”) are a great way to work on visual discrimination skills beyond just picture matching. I made these Vehicle 2-Part Puzzles for all of our vehicle-loving children! This set includes 12 vehicle puzzles featuring a variety of types of vehicles. For toddlers, use them as 2-part puzzles! For older children, […]

Getting Creative with the Montessori Walking on the Line Lesson

April 19, 2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

You’ve seen that Montessori lesson for walking on the line — usually a long strip of painter’s tape laid down on the floor, with a child trying to balance on it as she walks. That’s great for many children, but for some it just won’t be enticing or hold their interest. So let’s think outside […]

Getting Familiar with the Movable Alphabet

April 12, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

The movable alphabet is an amazing tool in the Montessori language curriculum, but it can be quite overwhelming for a young child to see so many letters all at once. Arranged in a tray with 6-7 letters in each row, it can be difficult to find the letter you’re looking for — especially if you’re […]

New Instagram Account!

April 11, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Hello, friends. It’s been quite a week over here. Last Tuesday, I made a rookie mistake and clicked on a link in an email that I thought was from Instagram. It wasn’t — it was from a hacker. The link prompted me to enter my current Instagram password in order to change it to keep […]