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Sunday Book Club: Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
Spring is just around the corner for so many of us that here, we have had the garden on our minds. We love this book. It is perfect for connecting to what’s going on in our own garden behind the...
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Montessori Geography for the 3-6 year old child
The prepared environment whether indoors or out is where a Montessori child finds Awe and Wonder. The beauty of the environment sucks them in and doesn’t let go. The Culture section of this...
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Sunday Book Club: Author & Illustrator Julie Morstad
We absolutely love the illustrations and works of Julie Morstad. Her books are perfect for Montessori families because the illustrations are clear, reality based and beautiful. How To Is perfect for...
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Our favourite Montessori friendly Spring gifts
March 20th, the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere is a big deal at our house. Spring. New leaves, new life and warmer weather. There are also so many beautiful cultural traditions and...
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Our Montessori Shelves: 5 years old
Unbelievably another year has passed and so once again we are examining Quentin’s Montessori space. We have noticed some big changes in the last few months and because of that we have decide to...
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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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April Nature Study: Bees and Wildflowers
April’s Nature Study was a favourite of mine. We love to spend time in our gardens and whether your space is a farm or a window box you can enjoy the wonders a packet of wildflower seeds brings....
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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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May Nature Study: Butterflies and other Insects
The warmer weather has finally arrived and so we spent the majority of our May Nature Study outside. Studying insects is one of the easiest topics to do because they are accessible on almost every...
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Sunday Book Club: This is how we do it
Peace Education is the centre of the Montessori pedagogy. It is essentially the heart of it. This week’s book is absolutely fantastic for teaching that although we are all slightly different, for the...
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Sunday Book Club: Outside your window: A first book of nature
We love nature themed books and this one is absolutely stunning. Broken down into the four seasons, it’s the artwork that first drew me in. Stunning collages accompany songs, stories, recipes and so...
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Sunday Book Club: Our favourite books Birth – 2.5 years old
Language is the first gift we gift our children. We speak and sing and read to our children at a surprisingly early age in Montessori: At eighteen weeks after conception when an unborn child begins to...
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Montessori 3-6 Biology and a giveaway
We love anatomy models so when Annie of Dockan Lotta contacted us to ask if we were interested in honestly and without compensation reviewing their soft anatomy doll we jumped at the chance. We love...
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Sunday Book Club Summer Edition Part 1: Books, activities and more
We love Summer and all that it has to offer. With school over, the boys and I have been spending lots of time outside. We always take a Montessori approach to home learning, which simply means that we...
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Sunday Book Club: Life by Cynthia Rylant
We love books about “the big picture”. Books that ask us to take a step back and appreciate what we have. This is an important concept to introduce to children. It helps build resiliency early and is...
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Sunday Book Club: A little robot fun
Robots are a bit of a fascination around here lately so it was lucky I happened to stumble upon this book at the library this week. The images are fantastic and the story is a simple and sweet tale of...
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Taking Art Outside
“Let the be children 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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Sunday Book Club: The Barefoot Book of Children
“Peace is what every human being is craving for, and it can be brought about by humanity through the child.” – Maria Montessori It isn’t often that we stumble upon a book so completely Montessori in...
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Plane Travel: Montessori Minimalist essentials
We have some long flights coming up next week. We’ve been gathering Montessori compatible items to help Quentin enjoy the trip. When we travel, we keep the shared values of minimalism and Montessori...
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Montessori Nature Study: Ecosystem of a pond
Our year long Nature Study begins again after a month off in July. The first week of August we explored pond dipping again. It is such a fun and easily prepared activity for kids of all ages. Dip a...
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