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Sunday Book Club: A Kid’s Herb Book
The middle of the summer has found us spending lots of time outside. We have lots of great cookbooks for the boys, but what we were lacking was a book we could really get into about herbs and plant...
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Sunday Book Club: The introduction of chapter books
I don’t think there is anything more lovely in all the world then laying under a tree, submersed in a book. My childhood was almost entirely made up of reading while laying in a field, sitting in a...
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Grace and Courtesy: Playing Competitive board games
Do your children play board games? They seem a bit antiquated now I suppose. We love them though and we are constantly on the look out for new ones. Quentin enjoys Bird Bingo (seen here), and Snakes...
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Our Child Sized Kitchen: A history
Of all the questions I recieve about Montessori, our little kitchen gets more questions than anything else. So, I decided I’d better put all the details in one place. We bought this IKEA kitchen for...
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Sunday Book Club: The Forest Feast for Kids
“You are what you’re eating ate” – Chef Dan Barber We love to give our our boys new experiences. We love to see them try new things and make something come together from nothing. There is no easier...
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Summer Activities: Pond Exploration
Quentin and I are finally off on holidays together. I had wanted to find a little nature project he might enjoy. We are lucky enough to have the Pacific on our doorstep, but we also have a few fresh...
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Sunday Book Club: Best Summer Exploration Books
With Autumn and Back to School looming just around the corner, we are compelled to spend as much time as we can outside. I love picture books that ask children to think outside the box. To be open...
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Summer Road Trip Part 1: Food Planning to ensure Peace in the car
What images come to mind when someone mentions road trip to you? Majestic countryside? Vast, salty seaside? Beautiful sunsets? Yes, and also bored, fighting, overstimulated children. To minimize this...
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Summer Road Trip Part 2: Our travel activities
Summer road trips are such amazing opportunities for adventure and learning. But they can also be stressful. Hot and long, both parents and children soon find themselves tired and irritable. To avoid...
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Sunday Book Club: Awesome nature resource books for school
The weather has changed. There is a crispness in the air suddenly. Talks of school (whether at home or away) have been circulating in our friend circles. With that, the conversation ultimately turns to...
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Sunday Book Club: Best Montessori back to School Books
Hello September. For those of us in the Northren hemisphere we gathering school supplies and retrieving lost lunch boxes. Montessori back to school has similarities with mainstream education. The...
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Sunday Book Club: Nature Journalling
We love being submersed in nature. There are so many beautiful experiences to offer to a child, by simply being out in nature. Collecting treasures from our trips as well as memories came naturally...
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Autumn: Materials, nature study and slowing down
September is always such a busy time. Back to school, work, extra curricular activities. The weather changes and we notice a change in our home too. We try to be more mindful, and take things slowly....
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Sunday Book Club: They All Saw a Cat
“The cat walked through the world with its whiskers paws and claws. . .” They All Saw a Cat is an fantastic new release about how different animals see the world. From a bird’s eye view to a skunk’s...
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International Peace Day
International Peace Day The work of Montessori Peace Education is not reserved to one day. Instead, we labour against the norm. Against a culture that often promotes hatred, fear and anger. Against...
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Sunday Book Club: Play the Forest School Way
“Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and, when the grass of the meadows is damp with dew,...
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Practical Life: Kitchen tools at 4 years old
“Any child who is self-sufficient, who can tie his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human dignity, which is derived from a sense of...
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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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Sunday Book Club: Fall Leaves
I love a good Autumnal picture book. Fall Leaves by Loretta Holland and Ella MacKay This has been one of our favourites for a while and it’s always a little bittersweet for me pulling it out of...
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Our Montessori Nature Study: Trees – Driftwood
For the month of October we are studying trees. We live in a perfect spot to do this. Lately we have been observing the differences in bark, counting tree rings and classifying leaves. Quentin was...
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