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Our Montessori Day at 4yrs old.
Quentin and I are off together on Wednesdays. I thought it might be nice to capture our day in pictures. We don’t keep to a schedule. Like school he is free to choose his own activities. We also have...
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Our Favourite Montessori friendly gifts
Our answers might surprise you…. Or maybe not if you have been following here for a while. Between the ages of 0-6 years, as the child crosses through the first plane of development, it is the...
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December Nature Study: Winter Solstice
The celebration of the return of the light. This is the time of year we focus on simplicity. When commercialism seems to be pushed just a little bit more, we instead look to tread lightly. It’s a time...
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Our Montessori Life: Our workspace at 5 years old.
Every year, as Quentin’s birthday draws near, we pause to take stock of our space. Specifically our Montessori work space. This year as we observed him, it became quickly clear that Quentin is passing...
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Our Montessori Life: Our week in pictures
The weather is getting warmer and school is coming to and end in less than a month for our oldest. Time to start reflecting and looking ahead to what summer will bring. This week we: Spent a lot of...
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Back to school the Montessori way – Part 1: An overview
Autumn has crept up on us. Many children have already returned to school and with our own first day less than two weeks away I thought I’d share our Montessori essentials for back to school. The...
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Back to school the Montessori way – Part 2: Routines
The Summer days are counting down. At home we are well on our way to settling back into our school routines. As we spoke about earlier here, clear, consistent gentle rhythms will easy your child into...
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Sunday Book Club: Community Gardens
We spent this glorious Autumn day in our Community Garden. We met good friends, cooked pizza in the cob oven and sipped tea from the carafe. Our community garden changes so much with each season, and...
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Montessori at home: Finding our Autumn rhythm
Autumn is such a busy time. A time of new beginnings, new classrooms, new friends. As it gets a little more crisp outside, we purposely try and step back and take a breath. This is not the time for...
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The Montessori Toddler: A Giveaway’
There are so few books about implementing the Montessori pedagogy at home. Maria Montessori’s own writings are textbooks intended for those in training and although they are a must read for anyone...
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Summer Screen-Free Activity ideas: Montessori compatible subscription boxes
With Summer right around the corner in this part of the world, we’ve been planning lots of exciting outdoor time and some fun indoor activities to help keep us off screens as much as possible. I...
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Montessori friendly STEM activities: Rainbow crafts
Sewing is one of our favourite Practical Life activities to do in the 3-6 Prepared Environment. We love that this kit by KiwiCo is focused on the science behind rainbows and that it comes with...
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Montessori friendly infant materials: Giveway
Ethically sourced, chemical free, Montessori compatible infant materials are often hard find. We love discovering local shops that have both quality and Montessori at the forefront of their design so...
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The Unprepared Environment: When a child loses their Peacefulness
It was a hard week. A combination of things that in hind sight could have been spaced more evenly to allow for Quentin to better process them. It began on the Saturday with his big brother leaving....
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Back to school shoes: Softstar review and giveaway!
September has seen us settling back into the school year routine. We are often asked to recommend a quality indoor shoe that is appropriate for the Montessori environment. Ever since Quentin started...
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Our Montessori Life 2020: Our Essential 9
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ” Antoine de Saint-Exupery As 2020 wraps up I was gathering our “9 Best”. The yearly Instagram tradition...
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Montessori Sunday Bookclub: Our new book
This has been in the works for quite awhile and I’m excited to finally be able to say it’s almost here! If you follow us on Instagram you will likely have already seen some sneak peeks of the inside...
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