Montessori Practical Life – Caring for a Plant I have been encouraging Little Bee to gently care for smaller living things. One smaller living thing being his baby sister. 😉 He is an active exuberant boy who needs to channel his energy with positive outlets. I thought a great way to learn to gently care for something small and…
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Since our sweet baby girl joined our family this summer, I have been slow-mo with planning Montessori inspired unit studies for Little Bee. He has been asking me lately if we are going to do “activities” again. So my New Year resolution is to create Montessori inspired unit studies every month… like we used to do. For more information, please…
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For the 12 Months of Montessori this month, we are concentrating on the topic of peace. I thought about this topic for awhile and decided what would bring the greatest amount of peace to our home, at this busy time, was to develop a system for rotating my 3 year-old’s toys. Baby Bee joined our family this summer and that…
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This month for the 12 Months of Montessori series, we are featuring our favorite Montessori materials. Our family’s favorite materials are the Montessori zoology puzzles. These vibrant colored puzzles are beautiful to look at and touch. They are wonderful for hand-eye coordination and for developing the fine motor muscles of the hand. I love that these puzzles provide a hands-on…
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This post on beginning Montessori math for preschool includes 6 activities – pink tower, red rods, tracing number board, sandpaper numbers, sand tray, and puzzle. Little Bee is 3.5 years old and loves counting. He enjoys songs that include adding/subtracting and counting on his fingers or counting objects of interest like his matchbox cars. He has not yet fully embraced…
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In this post, I will share with you 10 Montessori prewriting activities that will help to develop hand-eye coordination and pincer hand muscles for future writing work. These activities will intrigue your young child (3 – 6 years) during their sensitive period for small objects and language development. I appreciate the beauty of the Montessori approach for learning how to read…
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Welcome to our Montessori homeschool classroom in the unfinished basement of our home. In this post, I will share with you how Montessori Homeschool Organization works for us. I love to teach my child using the unit study structure and our homeschool is organized by our favorite subjects. Little Bee and I are animal lovers and many of our unit…
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How to Teach Your Toddlers To Eat Fruit and Vegetables Life with toddlers is amazingly exciting. It’s a fantastic age of exploration and learning. But it can also be hugely frustrating for both parents and kids. Every mundane task can take hours and mealtimes can become a battle field. Your baby who happily shoveled every vegetable you presented into their…
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Little Bee has entered a “sensitive period” for buttoning his shirts and folding his clothes. I believe that he gained this love for buttoning from his beginning work with the Montessori dressing frames. This Montessori Care of Self post includes dressing frames, folding work, and independently putting clothes away. Montessori Dressing Frames At 3 years old, Little Bee has mastered…
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