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    A Habit for Life

    October 12, 2016 / 3 Comments
    A while back, I wrote about purchasing a five-year diary. I’ve been using it pretty consistently since March. At first it was difficult for me to remember to write in it each evening, but then I moved it to the top of my nightstand, and now it’s really easy to remember. The process literally only takes two minutes a night, but I love it. I already feel like the time with my boys is slipping by so fast, and I have a built-in way to reminisce each day. I loved bringing it on our recent vacation, so that I could capture our days.
    I wish I would have started
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    Sara Cotner
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    Books for Halloween

    October 11, 2016 / No Comments

    Halloween is nearly here! We brought out our Halloween books as soon as October hit. Here are the ones we have:

    • The Berenstein Bears Trick or Treat
    • Pinkalicious: Pink or Treat!
    • From Seed to Pumpkin
    • Little Boo
    • How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
    • Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie!
    • The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
    • Pumpkin Jack
    • Pumpkin Pumpkin
    • Pumpkin Moonshine
    • It’s Halloween
    • Shake Dem Halloween Bones
    • Halloween Is…
    • The Very Best Pumpkin
    I love this tradition of having seasonal books! 
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    Sara Cotner
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    How to Teach Cursive

    October 10, 2016 / 8 Comments
    The Montessori method is a little peculiar in that it starts with cursive as opposed to print. Henry has been working on cursive for the past two years in PK3 and PK4. He’s never been particularly interested in a lot of fine motor activities, so his writing is coming along slowly. My hope is that he has a strong command of cursive writing by the start of 1st grade (but not at the expense of loving writing). 
    Here are the things we are doing to support the development of his writing:
    1. We asked his teacher for lined paper so we can encourage him to continually add to the list of
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