Living the Montessori life as a mom with two young children
One of the perks to being a Montessori mom is that I’m not constantly cleaning up after my children. But this isn’t just a Montessori thing — all children go through a sensitive period for order from birth to age 5. This means that they are naturally inclined to work towards and crave order in their lives […]
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Now that L is older, holidays are getting so much more fun! With Thanksgiving coming up, I wanted to be sure we all took time to be thankful throughout the month of November. I found this Thankful Tree in the bargain bins at Target — you can also make your own by taping construction paper […]
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I don’t know about you, but we were shocked when Hillary Clinton did not win the presidential election this week. I am unashamedly a Hillary supporter, and as the mother of two girls, I was pretty excited about the message having a female president could send to my daughters. Right before the election, I told […]
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When I was a Montessori toddler teacher, I would sometimes visit the older classrooms to get ideas for new works for some of my more advanced toddlers. This one was always in use and looked so inviting, so I was excited to create it for L this summer. I put a large push pin and a small […]
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One of the classic Montessori materials is the knobbed cylinders [sometimes called cylinder blocks]. They can be quite expensive to buy, but I found this mini set for a reasonable price and snatched them up. L has mastered each knobbed cylinder set individually [for instructions on how to present them, look here], so I knew […]
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