Montessori Book Club: A Boy like You
Quentin carried this into the bedroom in the early hours this morning and asked if I would read it to him. It’s a book I took out of the school library to celebrate his birthday with back in April but...
View ArticleMontessori Summer Printables Bundle Sale
School ended yesterday for us and I’ve been searching for some simple nature based materials and activities to use this summer as so many of the places we love are still closed here. It’s often hard...
View ArticleOur 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...
View ArticleMontessori Book Club: I am a Peaceful Goldfish
It’s seems like it’s been a year of taking deep breaths! We’ve been working to carve out even more mindfulness moments in each day both in self are for ourselves and also ensuring that both in the...
View ArticleSpring Animal Study Materials
The warmer weather has finally found us here in the Pacific Northwest and we have been loving some new Montessori compatible wooden materials that have been added to our nature shelves! This new 5...
View ArticleMontessori 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...
View ArticleA Montessori Field Trip: Westside Montessori
Although I currently teach in a Montessori Upper Elementary 9-12 year old classroom and love it, as most people know, my heart will always belong to 3-6. However, what most people don’t know is that...
View ArticleBack to School with Montessori: 2021 Book List
It’s that time of year again, the summer is coming to an end and even though this coming school year will once again look different for so many of us, the underlying themes for kids are still there....
View ArticleOur Favourite Ocean Books
We are enjoying another summer on the west coast and so I thought I’d share what we’ve been reading with an ocean theme. Quentin and I spent some last week backpacking and camping on one of our local...
View ArticlePractical Life Activities: Transferring
Montessori activity trays are one of the most well known images of the entire pedagogy and it’s no wonder. When done sparingly and with the individual child in mind, they offer endless opportunities...
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