We all love our kids and we feel proud when they do something amazing! And, of course, we want to let them know how proud we are of them! We want them to feel good about themselves and their accomplishments. I … Continue reading Why I Don’t Tell My Kids “Good Job”
So, you’ve got a toddler! Yay! They are so stinking cute, with their little squeaky voices and tiny little hands. I love the toddler years. They are my absolute favorite! But, there is, as with any stage of childhood, a … Continue reading 10 Tips to Stop Toddler Tantrums
Why it is important to teach kids about their heritage A child’s ethnic heritage has much to teach them. By learning about their ethnic roots, they learn about geography, history, culture and language, human migration, agriculture, and, just like … Continue reading How to Teach Your Young Child About Their Cultural Heritage
Why it is important to teach your child about nature Our connection to nature is vital to our existence on this planet. Everything around us provides for us. From the tiniest insect to the elephants in Africa, and from the … Continue reading How to Teach Your Young Child About Nature
How to encourage independence for children Here is my shout from the roof tops to “leave your child alone!“. Now, I don’t mean that you should ignore them. In fact, please don’t. They love you. They need you. But what … Continue reading Let Your Child Be
Do you get a lot of gifts you don’t want your children to have? We’ve all been there! Your child unwraps a present on Christmas morning and it’s the loudest, brightest, most annoying battery-operated piece of plastic junk you have … Continue reading How to Accept Gifts You Don’t Want
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 to buy for most precious ones for their first hand full of Christmases. Great gifts … Continue reading A Montessori Gift Guide: Ages 0-6 Years
Montessori, how to start? So, here is the situation: You have a toddler and you just discovered Montessori. You don’t know exactly what Montessori is, but you’ve been doing some reading and you like what you are learning. The current … Continue reading How to Get Started with Montessori
Why is small furniture important to kids? Imagine everything around you being gigantic. Imagine that you have to climb onto the chairs at your kitchen table by swinging one leg over and then pulling yourself up, or imagine having to wait for someone to lift you into your seat. What about the couch? Imagine having trouble climbing onto the big comfortable couch to flip through your favorite book; that is childhood, though. Kids have to struggle to accomplish the simplest tasks! We all know that Montessori is big on preparing spaces for children for children to learn in, but what … Continue reading How to Implement Montessori Small Furniture into your Home
What are the benefits of Montessori Practical Life activities? Recently, I posted an article on a social media site that I had written on how to set up a dishwashing station for a child. While, most of the feedback I received was positive, some responses were along the lines of, “Kids have the rest of their childhoods to learn how to wash dishes.“, and “Let them just be little.” It occurred to me that the aims of Montessori Practical Life activities are not clear to many people. There is solid reasoning behind Practical Life activities being an integral part of … Continue reading What are the Benefits of Practical Life Activities?