What is the best play kitchen for kids? There are so many choices! Some parents like their kids to pretend to cook and some parents want the kitchen to be somewhat functional. Let’s break it down, shall we?
How to accept gifts you don’t want We’ve all been there! Your child unwraps a present on Christmas morning or on their birthday and it’s the loudest, brightest, most annoying battery-operated piece of plastic junk you have ever seen. I’m sure this plastic monstrosity was given with the best of intentions and from the bottom …
Christmas is here, once again! As joyful as this time of year can be, it’s the time of year most of us stress out about what Montessori Christmas Gifts to buy for most precious ones for their first hand full of Christmases. Great Montessori Christmas gifts for kids If you are into Montessori-style gifts, you’ll …
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Are Magna-Tiles a Montessori material? Last Spring, while I was in the low-energy end stages of pregnancy with our third child, we enrolled our daughter (3 at the time.) in a lovely Montessori Primary program. The admission process had a few requirements. One of them being that parents observe the classroom in action for an …
What are open ended toys? Open ended toys fit their description. They are toys that don’t have a specific goal or outcome to the child is meant to achieve. The Grimm’s Rainbow, as well as all other Grimm’s toys, are a perfect examples of this concept. *affiliate links below* The main, most noticeable component, of …
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An environmentally friendly Montessori Christmas You can walk down any given street in America the week following Christmas and observe piles of discarded toys, scooters, bicycles, ect. I’ve seen it in my neighborhood every year since I’ve lived here. It got me thinking if an environmentally friendly Montessori Christmas was possible. I always get a …
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