Curriculum/Scope & Sequence

Practicing Numbers & Their Quantity

February 17, 2012

For the most part, Joey’s been doing wonderful with counting. We use our spindle boxes and variations of cards and counters. He’s mastered counting 0-6 without over counting the counters. However, once he gets passed 6 he struggles and will often count numbers twice or start the next number where the previous ended. Like, he’ll [...]

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Valentine’s Inspired Montessori Activities

February 1, 2012

We’re finally home and getting back into the swing of things. It’s crazy to think we were gone for nearly 8 weeks. Eight weeks! Whew. That was a long time away from home, but we had a lot of fun visiting family. I’m still catching up on e-mails and working on the infant/toddler posts—so hold [...]

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Infant/Toddler Montessori in 2012

January 11, 2012

I hope you had a great holiday. We’ve been enjoying family from coast to coast and are in the middle of a month-long visit in San Diego. It’s a nice mid-winter break from the cold weather and snow, so we’re soaking up the sun and getting outside as much as we can while we’re here. [...]

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Christmas Craft Linky Party

December 3, 2011

Have a Christmas craft you’ve made? It could be something you did on your own or with your kids, if so link-up below and join the party! ****** We made a hand-print wreath. My original idea was to put the kids hands in green paint on paper in the shape of a wreath, but that [...]

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Montessori Fall-Inspired Activities

October 9, 2011

It’s been a rough month or so with Otto teething and having an ear infection, but we’re beginning to sleep a little more around here. Thank goodness! Mama can only go on 4-5 hours of sleep so long. We’ve been enjoying our more formal school times and have been keeping up (for the most part) [...]

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Getting Ready for School

August 18, 2011

Things have been a little quiet on the blog this week, because I’ve been planning our school year. I’m excited and nervous all at the same time. Am I actually going to get it all done? We’re planning to start the day after Labor Day. I have 2-1/2 weeks to finish planning out our theme [...]

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The Dog Days of Summer

July 25, 2011

We’ve definitely arrived to the dog days of summer. It’s hot and, pretty much, miserable outside. When we went on a short family hike last Tuesday and you could see the humidity hanging in the air. Our temperatures lately have been averaging in the high 90′s pushing the heat index into the 110′s. We’re a [...]

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Flour Sifting

July 22, 2011

I posted on my Facebook page last week that I was putting flour sifting on the practical life shelf and that I might just be crazy for doing it. So far it’s turned out pretty well. Flour has gotten on the shelf, mat, and floor, but it isn’t the potential disaster I imagined. It took me [...]

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Introducing…the pink tower & brown stair

April 1, 2011

About a month or so ago I ordered some sensorial materials from A+ Montessori, tonight I showed him the brown stair for the first time. Soon after we were building extensions. It was great to see him so focused and intent on his work. He was very careful to set them down and line them [...]

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Practical Life: Care of the Environment

December 23, 2010

Practical life in a Montessori home is really about allowing your child to become involved with the daily tasks of managing a household. Care of the environment, most often seen as cleaning in the home, is an essential part of any well-managed household. Even children, as young as toddlers and twos, can participate in many [...]

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Practical Life: Cooking

November 6, 2010

An easy first step into incorporating practical life activities into your home to allow your child to do what you do. It’s likely that they’re already following you around and showing interest in everyday chores. Capitalize on that interest and allow them to get involved. One place we do that is in our kitchen with cooking. [...]

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