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Father’s Day Recap
On Friday afternoon I realized that Father’s Day was–um–right around the corner. Henry and I have a tradition of making Matt a card with one of Henry’s footprints. But beyond that, I was clueless. I brainstormed ideas as I drove to pick up Henry from daycare. I thought of just the thing to buy Matt, but then I decided that I didn’t want to set a precedent of buying him a big present for Father’s Day (since it’s already hard enough to come up with good ideas for Christmas and his birthday).So I tabled the present idea and instead decided to have a “sweet treat” theme for… Read More -
Meal Plan Update
Master sheet with drop down
menu
Final shopping list with the selected meals +
standard list
Printed shopping listI’m so happy that my initial enthusiasm about our new format for meal planning still stands! We’ve been using the new approach consistently for two months.On Sunday afternoon, Henry and I open up the Excel document and click on the five meals we want to eat that week. We also click on our “Standard List.” Excel then spits out our shopping list for the week (organized by section of the grocery store). We print and we’re on our way to the grocery store!When I explained… Read More -
Montessori Moments: 2 Years, 3 Months
These “Montessori Moments” posts are meant to highlight some of the… Read More
ways we implement the Montessori method in our home. Many of the
activities that are featured–cooking, cleaning together, going out into
nature, etc.–overlap with other parenting philosophies or might seem
like things that parents just do with their children intuitively. I’ve
still chosen to highlight them here because they are integral to the
Montessori approach to parenting and education and fit within a
comprehensive continuum of activities that support children as they
undergo the important work of forming themselves. For more information
about incorporating Montessori into the home, I recommend How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way
