I giggle when I look back at my first visit to a Montessori Classroom. A small child had tripped and dropped the Trinomial Cube, and I had no idea how to help get it back together. Without experience with materials, it would be a little tough to figure them out and see their purpose. Luckily …
With the season’s splendor of beautiful flowers, it is the perfect time to preserve some color with an art project. We also work with flower pressing after a special event, or with fall leaves. The girls pressed their own flower girl bouquets from my sister’s wedding last summer, and they are proudly framed in the …
In Montessori Teacher Training, we learned how to show the Movable Alphabet to children at the time when they have a decent vocabulary of the letter’s sounds. The teacher opens it like a book and marvels at all the letters as the first introduction. At my house, I have two three year olds who love and …
This week, I decided to look through our children’s books. We had to make space for new books. I had been collecting children’s books before I was a Mom, and it’s a bit much! Some had to go, while others got displayed for immediate reading. Here’s the checklist I went with for what to keep. It may …
At our house, we have been practicing some gift receiving with one another. I feel this is a valuable lesson with little children, so that they aren’t corrected or prompted while they have the spotlight. “Say thank you.”….”Don’t be rude.”….”What do you say?” Preparation is the key. To a child, its hard not to state the obvious …