Toddlers
Toddlers are some of my favorite people to spend my time with. They are full of passion, they are developing opinions, they are realizing they have their own will. Toddlers are also some of the most challenging people to spend a lot of time with. That passion can lead to huge feelings. Those opinions are often not rooted in reality. They express that will power in ways that can be inconvenient and exhausting for adults. On this page I will be sharing tips and tricks for living with toddlers. I will be sharing how to adjust your home to make it toddler safe, and toddler accessible. I will share how we dodge the power struggles and work to collaborate with our toddlers. I will also be sharing some ideas for toddler friendly activities and ways to help your toddler contribute to your family life.
Preparing for a Five year Old
Mr Man is getting older and taller and recently I realized that he has outgrown the little kids table and chair set we have been using the last four years. His materials are also growing in complexity and need a larger space to be spread out and used effectively out...
K.I.S.S.
I think by now my love for felt has become pretty evident. I use it often in my materials and I find it incredibly versatile. The fact that I can often find it at my local dollar stores makes it even more appealing to me. Besides the low price tag and versatility it...
An Invitation to Play
As a home childcare provider I find parents are often curious how I manage to get so much done in my home. I provide childcare, homeschool, write and have a large collection of plants and animals that I care for in my home. I am the one who primarily does the cooking...
Updating the Montessori Toddlers Bedroom
A common discussion in many online Montessori communities surrounds how to prepare a toddlers bedroom in a Montessori manner. The comments are flooded withy pictures of Instagram perfect floor beds shaped like little houses and majority of the time the floor bed...
All Weather Play
"There is no such thing as bad weather". This is a statement I find all over different parenting and education sites and blogs. We know for a fact that the more time outdoors children have, the better. Outdoor spaces help children learn to balance and coordinate their...
Planting Season
With the arrival of spring my kids have become fascinated with plants. I have been subtly scaffolding this interest with books about local plants, three part cards of different types of flowers, and gardening based sensory bins. Less subtly I have been inviting them...
Montessori Sound Cylinders DIY
Today I want to talk about an extremely easy DIY version of a classic Montessori material called the Sound Cylinders or Sound Boxes. In the classic material you would have two sets of six wooden cylinders. One set would have a red top, and one set would have a blue...
Following Big Brother
Younger siblings tend to want to do whatever they see their older siblings doing. Little Miss is no different in this respect. Everything she sees her big brother doing or enjoying she immediately wants a turn. It has been forcing me to be extra creative in our school...
Sibling Dynamics In Homeschooling
Sibling relationships can be tricky to navigate in a Montessori homeschool environment. It is often an impulse for both the older and younger siblings to interrupt one another's work, to try to help when help is not desired, or to touch materials out of turn. I think...
Stop Overthinking It!
It can be easy to get swept away by all the beautiful Instagram pictures of shelves perfectly curated for children. To see blogs about homeschooling families who have a morning tea time with poetry daily. To compare yourself to these families with the expensive but...
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