As parents we try to fit a lot into a child’s development. You might find yourself wondering if you even need to fit art in at all. Lately it feels ...
LEARNING ACTIVITIES Our bee study started when our dear 75 year old neighbor built a beehive and got a swarm of bees to move in! He showed it ...
When we are home we have a few to go art activities that we enjoy doing. But first, we always have an art cart with art supplies available at all t ...
A lot of us are home with our kids, and will be for a while. School here is closed for 2 weeks but I expect this to be even longer so I made a list of ...
"Without adequate gross motor strength, coordination, and control, it becomes very difficult to master fine motor skills, such as buttoning a shirt, ...
My oldest son, Alex, is now 6 and entering the second-plane of development. At this age he does not have any Montessori jobs out at home (the ones you ...
Theo is now 15 months and he still has his shelves next to his bed. It has been working great for him and has not disturbed his sleep. He has really e ...
My boys love cooking and specially baking. It can be a really fun and rewarding experience. But bringing preschoolers in the kitchen might feel li ...
Marble printing is one of our favorite activities for many reasons! It is an entire art process and introduces the concept of print to children. It gi ...
When we think of practical life for children, I think we often think of children 3 and up. However you can start very early, and in our home we like t ...
We travel a lot and Alex and Matisse have been packing their suitcase for the past year or so. Until now, packing involved me sitting in the center of ...
Yesterday, Matisse turned 4; in October, Theo turned 1; in September, Alex turned 6. With all their birthdays I have been looking at baby photos and r ...
We love arts and crafts! We do a lot of prepared arts and crafts activities that I post on my Instagram. Although, these could be considered special a ...
The boys and I love baking and making snacks together and I thought we would prepare a nice Halloween lunch. I picked snacks and food that the b ...
Theo turned one last week (it seems like with each child time goes faster) and I finally set up shelves only for him. Until now he shared the play she ...
Multiculturalism makes children more tolerant of differences and helps them to appreciate differences and diverse people. Most of all, it makes the ...
After months of being off track and having no routine we have finally settled into a routine that works great for our family of 5 including 3 kids wit ...
My boys have been back to school for about a month now and I don't know if it's the same in your house but if I ask how school was or what they did ...
ar: both; text-align: left;"> Homemade insect rubbing plates I made these with hot glue and cardboard. What is great about these is that you can make ...
We have loved doing some weather activities in the past couple weeks, and being more aware of the weather, the clouds, temperatures and wind. We also ...
When my oldest was born I had never heard of baby led weaning (it's a bit of a redundant theme in my posts), so we did all the standard spoon fed pur ...
I think that most of us here know or understand that nature is important, there have been studies done, but also just going outside and taking a ...
I am lucky to have discovered Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) from Janet Lansbury's blog while I was still expecting my first child (and ...
It is summer and we have been trying to keep cool. The best way we have found is to play in water! Since I have 3 boys 5 years old and under (includ ...
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