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Montessori Christmas Activities for Toddlers & Preschoolers

November 26, 2012

Last year I shared 12 Montessori-inspired Christmas activities for toddlers and preschoolers. I’ve yet to bring out our Christmas activities, but I’m sure many of these will be returning to our shelves. As I was scanning through these I noticed there were a few toddler activities I didn’t have pictures for because Otto wasn’t quite [...]

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Let Them Help

September 30, 2011
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I found this in my draft folder. Originally dated January 2010, thought I’d finally hit publish. It’ll take longer. It may get messy, but they’re learning–life, routines, seeing how stuff works, and making memories all the absorbed in meaningful work. Let them help pour in the ingredients. Sugar may very well end up on the [...]

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Montessori Activities for Infants

April 26, 2011

Otto has reached the 3 month mark and is developing so well. It’s fun to see his growing expressions. The wide-eyed amazement that he has hands and they open and close. Cooing at the baby in the mirror or lying still moving his eyes back and forth following a bell, it’s amazing all that an [...]

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President’s Day

February 21, 2011

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. -Abraham Lincoln photo credit

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NAMC Montessori’s Homeschool Program

February 20, 2011

The North American Montessori Center, where I got my Infant/Toddler diploma, has recently released a Montessori program for homeschoolers. The program contains “everything you need to set up and put into practice a three-year homeschool educational program for your child.” The program contains curriculum binders, materials, and more (see here). To learn more about the NAMC [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2011
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10 Days of Homeschooling

February 7, 2011

Heart of the Matter has partnered with 16 bloggers to host 10 Days of Homeschooling and there looks like there’s going a lot of great articles on different areas and philosophies of education in the home. I was definitely excited to see one blogger will be sharing 10 Days of homeschooling Montessori. You might want to check it [...]

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Christmas Montessori Toddler Activities

February 3, 2011

I know Christmas is packed up and returned to the attic by this time, but since I’m so far behind on sharing our work and have already taken the pictures I figured why not. Here’s the work that was on our shelf over Christmas: This would have been a great activity to use child-size tongs [...]

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It’s Groundhog’s Day!

February 2, 2011

“There is no way this winter is ever going to end, as long as this groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. I don’t see any other way out. He’s got to be stopped. And I have to stop him.” – Phil Connors in Groundhog Day photo credit

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{Maternity Leave}

January 30, 2011

I haven’t posted much work in, well, awhile because of this, Otto Augustus born January 17th at 4:23pm 9lbs. 1 oz., 22 inches Yes, he’s a big baby and he was eleven (11!) days late. But he’s here and we’re loving on him. And then, this little guy (or rather now, big brother) had surgery [...]

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Relax

January 26, 2011

It’s okay if the dishes aren’t all put away, there’s sugar on the floor, and dinner hasn’t quite thawed yet. Have you played? Laughed? Listened? Snuggled? Have you succeeded in that what matters most? Is lasting? The to do list will be there tomorrow. Enjoy today.

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