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Holiday Gift Ideas: Things I’ve Given
I’ve been enjoying generating holiday gift ideas. I like to get started early to alleviate some stress. Also, the more time I have, the more thoughtful I can be about what to get people.
Here are things I have either given or received in the past:
- Mixed Metal Necklace: My mother-in-law bought a similar necklace for me. I love it so much and wear it at least once a week. I found a similar one (see link) for one of my colleagues.
- Hand towels for the kitchen: I bought these in bulk and then gave them out to colleagues. I was able to be really intentional about matching
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Picture Books about Peace/Justice/Empathy
Every month, Montessori For All selects an anti-bias, anti-racist book for our teachers to read to their communities. First we select one for 3-6 year-olds, then one for 1st-3rd graders, and finally one for 4th-6th graders. If you would like to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to receive links to book guides with discussion questions, vocabulary words, and extension activities to be used in the classroom or at home, you can sign up here. I forgot to share our books from September. In September we focused on picture books about peace/justice/empathy.
Picture Books about Peace, Justice, and Empathy: 3-6 year-olds
Peace Book By Todd Parr
Peace is making … Read More
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Best Tent for Family Camping: The One We Love!
In general, I spend a lot of time thinking about something before I spend money on it. I debated for a long time about what we wanted to do about our tent situation. We finally landed on what feels like the best tent for family camping!
Before Matt and I met, we each had our own tents. We consolidated down to just my tent because it was in better condition. But my tent didn’t comfortably fit all four of us. So we debated about whether to get another 2-person tent or to get a bigger tent for all of us to share.
In the meantime, we borrowed a friend’s tent … Read More