Were back! Well, sort of. Just before our big move the motherboard on my computer died! I have luckily taken many photos with my phone that I can use here and am utilizing our new library as much as ...
Peaceful Parenting is going to be offline for a while. After months of waiting, our family is excited to be moving at some point this month! With all of the packing and planning t...
A few weeks ago, Lulu, a fellow mom and blogger from Cherry Blossom Adventures (check her out!), contacted me and asked if I thought Tyler would like a box of items from Japan where sh...
The Mystery Bag is a classic Montessori Sensorial activity, used to train the ability to recognize objects by touch and movement alone (without the eyes). While we didnt do the exact lesson, it is qu...
Here are a few activities that I thought may be of interest to others. They didnt really warrant an entire post by themselves, but I didnt want them to slip through the cracks either!Tyler has been q...
Though we havent worked with the Red Rods or the Spindle Box, I feel like Tyler has a really good sense of numbers and quantity and decided to start him on the Cards and Counters work to see how...
If you follow along, you have probably seen how Tyler enjoys scraping his nails over his paintings near the end to see the paper or dried colors underneath. A while ago I set him up fo...
I did this activity long ago with my first toddler class, lugging my own griddle into school, but had forgotten all about it until I saw in on Pinterest. I knew I had to try it with Tyler!&...
Ty was so excited to use tongs a few months ago and was doing well, but his interest completely dropped around Christmas-time. I would really like him to work on his grasp, so (after several weeks of...
Last week during a big book rotation, Tyler rediscovered our "There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" book in one of the boxes. It was one of his favorites months ago and it has quick...
If youve been following along, youve probably read about Tylers love for scratching away paint with his nails when doing art work. I decided it was time to introduce him to one of my favorite ca...
Tylers interest in math-related activities has continued to push forward! Without being able to purchase supplies for even homemade Montessori red rods or a Spindle Box, Ive been a bit froz...
2.5 years old already... I know its cliche, but where has the time gone?! In one way I cant believe hes this old and in another, I cant believe hes only this old. Happy half birthday Tyler "Bean&...
The other day, searching through our familys collection of dusty, lonely, old board games for some dice, a bit of inspiration unexpectedly struck, leaving Tyler with two new independent activities an...
Weve been so happy to have been asked to do our first toy review! I was especially excited that it was Learning Materials Workshop who asked. I discovered their products in December when a ...
Happy Valentines Day everyone! Since Montessori philosophy includes celebrating cultural holidays, I thought Id share our day with you. Tyler was surprised at breakfast with heart-shaped cinnamon sug...
1. Sticker Resist Foam Hearts on CanvasThis project is much like the sticker resist on paper that we did a few weeks ago, but with much better results. With foam stickers that were easy to find and p...
A few weeks ago I started on a bit of a mission to recycle all of the paper bags weve acquired from Whole Foods. While we found several ways, I have been lazy about writing the post. Thanks to f...
"Polar Bear, polar bear, what do you smell?" "No, [laughter] hear!""Flamingo, flamingo, what do you hear? I hear an alligator braying at me""[giggles} Noooooo...zebra! [gi...
Keep your face always towards the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you.~Walt Whitman
I owe this post to The Imagination Tree blog! We have been due to make new play dough and I knew the instant that I saw this recipe on their site that this would be it. We had everything on...
To mix-up one of Tylers recent painting sessions, we added a good amount of salt to him tempra paint. This is said to make the art work sparkle when its dry. Ty noticed a difference in the texture as...
Why Sorting?Children have a natural desire to make sense of their world, to create order in a world that seems largely out of their control. For that reason, sorting activities often attract children...
Tyler really enjoys drawing with his circle and square stencils for beginning tracing/writing work, so I figured he may get a kick out of painting with them as well!I taped the stencil around the pap...
I havent been able to create new posts in twelve days (the others were automatic posts) but Tylers work and passion for numbers has continued to take off during that time. Before I get...
This project was an old one that I did as a Preschool teacher years ago. While Tyler woke much too early the moring we did this and had a rather scattered focus, it was still enjoyable to create this...
Tyler, being a bi-racial child (as well as living in a highly diverse city), is no stranger to differences in skin tone. Hes seen a sharp contrast within his own parents since birth. While of his gra...
We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. ~Maria MontessoriLets get right into it. ...
One rainy day, Tyler (my little play dough lover) and I decided to make something a little different than our usual dough. We have a large canister of oatmeal sitting around that Tyler doesnt care to...
As Ive watched Tyler attempt to draw on the clear tape I often use to stick his paper to the table with, and seeing him be so curious about why he cant mark on it recently, I realized it was tim...
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