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Halloween Countdown
Halloween preparations are in full swing at our house. I love the month-long preparation/anticipation process–it makes the holiday that much more fun for me. And I LOVE how excited Henry is about Halloween.As a side note, Halloween probably isn’t a very Montessori holiday for young children (between dressing young children up in imaginary things when they are trying to understand the concrete world and stuffing them with unhealthy candy), but it’s an important ritual in our family, which is more important to us than implementing strict Montessori.Henry is already practicing how to say, “Trick or treat–may I have some candy please?”As I mentioned in my last post… Read More -
Montessori Home Tour
I had the great fortune of taking a Montessori parenting class with Sarah Moudry (the mom featured within my all-time favorite Montessori video, Edison’s Day). We started when Henry was five weeks-old, and it was amazing to have her as a resource to answer my questions and provide guidance. Although I haven’t read it yet, I bet there’s some useful information in her book about toilet learning.
She’s presenting at an upcoming conference and she asked me to make a video about how her class impacted how we do Montessori in our home. In case you’re interested, here’s a little tour of what some of our Montessori spaces… Read More -
Light-Blocking Shades
One of the difficult aspects of our new house is figuring out what to do for window treatments. Honestly, the house is not designed to sport window treatments well. The windows in Henry’s room, for example, push right up to the wall making it impossible to hang a curtain without closing off some of the window or they are insanely wide, making it cost-prohibitive to purchase some type of roller-shade or blinds. We knew all of this when we purchased the designs for the house (and even made some of the existing windows bigger!), but we didn’t make the house more window treatement-friendly because we generally don’t use many window… Read More
