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Woodworking with a 4 Year-Old
One of the things I love most about Montessori is the idea that children should do real work that involves real risk. For example, toddlers should be taught how to use knives, preschoolers should learn how to use needles, and elementary children should learn how to light matches. (You can read all about the philosophy here.)The process of working with real tools that carry real risk conveys to children that they are capable of being careful. When they are trusted to be careful, they, in turn, learn to be careful. They also build their self-esteem and their sense of worth by receiving real trust and real respect from… Read More -
Family Goal #1: Road Trip to Oklahoma!
I’ve been Facebook friends with a blog reader for years, and when I asked her for her address so I could send her a holiday card, she invited us to visit her in Oklahoma any time. I plugged their address into google maps and realized they are only 6.5 hours away. Totally a doable road trip!
We added it to our list of Family goals for 2016. Since my trick for following through with my goals is to clearly articulate when, where, and how I’m going to follow-through on the goal, I got to work with the planning. I realized that it made the most sense to take the road… Read More -
Our Goals as a Family
Recently, one of my friends linked to a reflection form on her Facebook page, and I love it. It comes from a blog called The Art of Simple.… Read MoreBut it made me start freaking out. How am I supposed to set my own intentions for the year and set some with my partner and set some as a family?
It’s something I totally want to do, but I can’t cram it all into my New Year Reflection Time. It’s too overwhelming.
And then I was suddenly so grateful that I’ll be working through a Purposeful Parenthood course with others to set intentions about what kind of families we want
