Montessori is all about creating a calm, comfortable environment for the child to explore and that fosters independence. A part of…

January 26, 2016

Back long ago when I was pregnant with Bean, Dave and I read about Montessori floor beds and loved the…

January 20, 2016

This is one of the more fascinating (to me) trays, mostly because it has made me realize that everything I…

January 12, 2016

It is a truism of parenting that sometimes, others know your kid better than you do. You’re just in it too…

December 14, 2015

Yesterday, Bean was in the final stretch of recovering from her recent leg ailment. It’s nearly impossible to keep a toddler from…

November 18, 2015

Friends often ask me what exactly is Montessori? Most people have an idea of a Montessori classroom, with the trays…

October 28, 2015

One of the most fun things we did with Newborn Bean was the Montessori Mobile Progression. We had read about…

October 14, 2015

Once you’ve decided that, yes, this whole cooking with toddler thing is for me, and the kiddo seems to enjoy…

September 17, 2015

This has been quite the hit around here this week. I actually introduced it last week, and Bean ended up…

August 27, 2015

Every week, I walk out of our parent & child Montessori class with multiple tools to make our at-home life…

August 24, 2015

Practicing Montessori at home takes on a whole new dimension once you get to the dinner table. In “Montessori From…

August 10, 2015

A basic tenet of Montessori learning is to “follow the child.” This makes particular sense with a toddler, because really, you…

July 22, 2015

Ok, maybe it still looks like a toy shelf, but it’s a less ugly toy shelf, and really, that is…

July 16, 2015

I like to think of 14 to 20 months as the pre-full-blown-toddler stage. At 14 months, Bean could stand steadily…

June 8, 2015

Looking back over the previous year, one thing I’m grateful I stuck to was including Bean in dinner preparation. I…

May 14, 2015