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What I’m Loving on Etsy This Month
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Continue reading →: What I’m Loving on Etsy This MonthThese are not traditional Montessori materials but are all suitable for Montessori home! Those materials have lots of colour and texture for a child to explore as well as to develop fine and motor skills. They are beautiful, unique and handmade. Wooden Lacing Set – This is such a clever, original…
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Ten Minute Montessori: Pouring
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Continue reading →: Ten Minute Montessori: PouringChildren have an innate desire to do things for themselves – ”help me to help myself”. By showing the children the activities and enabling the child to use them, they will be able to transfer these learned skills to everyday activities – pouring their own water, cutting fruit, laying the…
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Montessori Inspired Art Trays for Toddler
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Continue reading →: Montessori Inspired Art Trays for ToddlerThe first marks children make on paper are purely experimental – often incidental! As they notice the effect, they repeat and gradually master control of their creative media, and from there a whole new world of communication begins to open up. Drawing and painting (however primitive in form) are their…
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Continue reading →: Why I’m Not Sending My Child to Preschool & What I’m Doing Instead
The average time child spent in classrooms is 779 hours each year. Children gotta learn, right? Of course they do. They’ll learn to read, write, do math. They’ll learn about crushes, friendships, and how to handle homework. They’ll think about clubs to join, getting their driver’s licenses, taking standardized tests, which…
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What we are reading: June
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Continue reading →: What we are reading: JuneSummer is that time of year that we all can feel free and relaxed, no matter our age. Summers are made for family trips, beach/lake visits, late nights, ice cream cones and so many other things that make us feel like a child all over again. Our this month reading…
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