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The Magic of Montessori Movement
There are aspects of the Montessori philosophy that make parenting more difficult. For example, I think it would be much easier to plop Tate into one of those baby exersaucers.Instead, I always try to put him on the ground during his awake time. I try not to put him into positions that he couldn’t get into himself (e.g., no bumbo seats to support him in a seated position before he is actually sitting). His first activity was lying on his back watching visual mobiles, like the whales and butterflies, or going on his stomach to look at black-and-white books.Once he started reaching for the mobiles hanging… Read More -
New Organization System
Every time there’s a change in my life, I usually have to make some kind of change to my organization system. Here are some of its past iterations:As I head into school leadership, I need to have a vastly more complex system than I’m using now. It needs to be computer-based (even though I’m a paper-and-pen kind of gal), and it needs to sync to my phone, so that I always have it with me.A couple months ago, Matt pointed out the most awesome system that was already on my computer: OneNote. I love it! It’s basically a computerized… Read More -
One In, One Out
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Matt and I have lived in a variety of homes. Our first one in Denver was a tiny little thing. It was tiny to the point of uncomfortable. Our bed had to be pushed against the wall, which meant that one of us was always climbing over the other person.
The house we bought in Houston was approximately 1,000 square feet with an attic but no garage. We stored our lawn mower and chicken food in the laundry closet, and every space had to serve multiple functions. We had two bedrooms and one bathroom, a tiny dining room that could only accommodate a table for four, and a tiny living
