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Practical 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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Our 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...
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Back 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....
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A 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...
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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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Spring 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...
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Montessori 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...
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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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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...
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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...
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Our family’s Montessori rhythm during crisis
“The exercises of practical life are formative activities, a work of adaptation to the environment. Such adaptation to the environment and efficient functioning therein is the very essence of a useful...
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Montessori Book Club: Books for Spring
It’s been a quiet few weeks for us here. We, like the vast majority of the world are together, safe at home, watching and waiting to see what will come. But it is also Spring. Spring for our family...
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Montessori Cultural Activities: This is How We Do It – Workbook
I’ve shared before how much we have loved This is How We Do it. You can read all about our review of it here. So when the author Matt La Mothe contacted us and asked to send us the new workbook we were...
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Montessori Book Club: Solstice Books 2019
This new book has quickly become a favourite. We have paired it with our nature based crafts, baking and slow living days curled up next to the fire under a cosy blanket. Of course we love Carson Ellis...
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Giving Tuesday: Fruitful Orchard Montessori
“A child is both a hope and a promise for humankind” – Dr. Maria Montessori We spent just over five weeks living and working at Fruitful Orchard Montessori in Nigeria this past summer. The kindness and...
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Montessori Book Club: Birdsong
The seasons are changing here. Autumn is definitely fleeting and Winter has crept in. It is the perfect time for family and friends and reflection. This new book Birdsong from Greystone Books is a...
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Montessori Book Club: All The Ways to be Smart
“If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein This book has been on our wish list for a while as its such an important...
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A Montessori Field Trip: A visit to Brooklyn Children’s House
I love observing in toddler/preprimary environments and so when I had the chance to observe at Brooklyn Children’s House I eagerly took it. Lisa is the owner and her space is beautiful and so...
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Montessori Book Club: Maybe – The story about the endless potential in all of us
Have you ever had a children’s book speak to you deeply? One where the illustrations and message grab you and immediately you want to put that book into the hands of everyone you know? That’s this book...
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Montessori Multi-age Art Activities: Colour Mixing
Colour mixing is such an easy and inexpensive art activity for children of all ages and can easily be done by the youngest child. As with all Montessori compatible activities, art should always be...
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