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Picture Books about Diverse Family Structures
Every month, Montessori For All selects an anti-bias, anti-racist book for our teachers to read to their communities. First we select one for 3-6 year-olds, then one for 1st-3rd graders, and finally one for 4th-6th graders. Therefore, if you would like to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to receive links to book guides with discussion questions, vocabulary words, and extension activities to be used in the classroom or at home, you can sign up here. This month we are focusing on diverse family structures. Further, you can find books about peace/justice/empathy here or immigration and refugees here.
Picture Books about Diverse Family Structures: 3-6 year-olds
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West Texas with Kids: Our Recent RV Vacation
For our recent Fall Break, our family rented an RV and traveled to Big Bend National Park. West Texas with kids is really fun!
We had been talking about renting an RV for years and finally got around to doing it. I think we took so long to move forward because RVing doesn’t align to our “formula” for our favorite kinds of vacations. For example, our summer vacation to Upstate New York fit our formula precisely.
However, RVing was on our Bucket List (just like going on a cruise for the first time this year was also on my list). And while we will not be doing it again … Read More
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen
In part of my quest to double-down on connection with Henry, I started to re-read How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. I really appreciate this book, as well as their other book about sibling rivalry.
I’m trying not to just breeze through it and instead slow down and read one chapter at a time. I want to be intentional about incorporating the ideas into my parenting (and support Matt to do the same).
In Chapter One, there’s a quote that hit me in the gut. There’s a “direct connection between how kids feel and how they behave.” It’s clear to us … Read More