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Birthday Presents!
Oh how I love life when I have time to think of good birthday presents for friends and then wrap them. Hooray! One of my intentions for this month was to put together a good present for my friend’s birthday party. Well, I went ahead and got a good present for my other friend, too.… Read MoreThe first friend works for a non-profit organization that coordinates farmers’ markets and school gardens throughout Houston. I thought she might like this book, written by the folks over at Sunset Magazine:
The One-Block Feast: An Adventure in Food from Yard to Table
My other friend works as an instructional coach and leader at a
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DIY: Picnic Blanket
Henry performing his post-nap stretching routine on our favorite quilt … Read More
Sadly, this post is not a tutorial about how to make your own picnic blanket; it’s a request for tutorials!Henry and I are still following the routine I learned from Baby Wise: breastfeed, awake time, nap time approximately every three hours. During at least one of Henry’s awake times, we love to spread a blanket out on the grass and just stare at the trees (well, Henry stares at the trees; I usually try to get in a little reading).
The problem is that our lovely blanket (a quilt I picked up at a flea market while I
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Cultivating Independence in Children
Henry watching the mobile above our bed Independence is at the heart of the Montessori approach, but not in a Puritanical-I-can-do-it-myself-and-don’t-need-anyone way.… Read MoreTo a Montessorian, helping children cultivate their ability to do things for themselves is how we respect children. We honor that they are capable of doing things for themselves and that they are eager to learn how to do those things.
For example, at my Montessori class last week, my teacher explained that her three children (ages 6.5, 4.5, and 2.5) each pack their own rolling suitcase and backpack when they go on a trip. Then they are responsible for rolling/carrying their own luggage through the airport. She
