3 Ways to Use Puzzles in a Sensory Bin

November 6, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

Wooden puzzles seem to be things we collect but then quickly lose interest in. When Green Piñata Toys sent us a farm puzzle as part of our monthly toy subscription box, I knew N would love it for a few weeks and then be ready to exchange it for something else. At 3.5 years old, […]

Montessori-Inspired Activities for Toddlers & Preschoolers — Sorting by Size

October 28, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

If you follow along on Instagram, you’ve probably noticed that N has a slight obsession with things that are “tiny.” She frequently distinguishes objects as either “tiny” or “BIGGGGGG.” When I saw this size sorting material as part of Max & Naoli’s Apple Unit Study, I knew it would be perfect for N’s current interests […]

Why Our Montessori Family Uses Screen Time

October 24, 2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

I have been getting a lot of questions about screen time lately (over on my Instagram account in particular), so I wanted to address the elephant in the room: We DO allow our children to have a limited amount of screen time. I have received SO many judgmental messages and comments about this — so […]

Montessori-Inspired Sensorial Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers — Sorting by Rough and Smooth

October 11, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

We’ve had this Rough and Smooth Board out since N was a baby, so I decided to freshen it up by turning it into a sorting work. I gave L a basket and asked her to help me collect objects to sort into rough and smooth — she had a blast helping to set up […]

Montessori Continent Studies: North America — Our Favorite Activities

September 27, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

After we learned about the continents all together, we decided to begin our individual continent studies with North America, since that is where we live. Here is a round-up of all the activities we used for our North America study. For each continent, we have a Montessori continent box full of small cultural objects, money, […]