Fidget toys and spinners are all the rage lately.  They help children concentrate and keep them quietly occupied.  Tangle Toys are an addictive fidget toy that you will not be able to put down once you pick it up.  I kept twisting it and playing with it and found it to be quite a stress …

My girls have their tiny green thumbs busy gardening in the Spring and Summer, but in the winter we look forward to caring for house plants.  In Montessori, caring for plants is a part of the Practical Life curriculum called Care of Environment.  Care of Environment involves dusting, sweeping, polishing, washing, and plant care.  Children …

Drop shadows can be a nice effect to add to your blog- you can add drop shadows practically anywhere on your blog just by altering your code. Here are a few of my favorite ways to add drop shadow. To post images:   To make your images look like they are a photograph-  1. look …

Q: How do I get my 10 year old son to eat healthy?  A: Oh to be 10 and not have any cares in the world. Where all our needs are provided for and the fine art of negotiations is being learned. By this stage in the game most 10 year olds have identified with …

I’ve been thinking a lot about the meaning of friendship lately. What does it mean to be a good friend? How can you know for sure that someone will be a good friend to you? Do we all measure friendship by the same standards? How can we teach our kids to be good friends? The …