Category: Montessori-Inspired

Consider a single piece [of coal] glowing in your family’s stove… That chunk of coal was once a green plant, a fern or reed that lived one million years ago, or maybe two million, or maybe one hundred million. Can you imagine one hundred million years? Every summer for the whole life of that plant, its … Continue reading “On the Wonders of Nature and Light”

So impressed with the fun and beauty of these tree tops, ℅ Koko Kara. Reviewing toys is one of our very favorite things, and these did not disappoint. First, they are beautiful wooden toys, simple in design, and genius in their shape. We quickly realized that the rounded sides of the tops make for perfect … Continue reading “Tree Tops”

Scary zombie-screen-faces This week, our boys are participating in screen-free week, which is exactly what it sounds like; there will be no videos, no computer games, no screens for the whole week. We’re starting today with much excitement! Actually, we’ve whittled our boys’ screen time down to twice a week anyway (they usually get an hour of … Continue reading “Screen-Free Week Challenge”

Recently, I was lucky enough to sneak in to take some photos of two of the primary Montessori classrooms after school (alright, I didn’t technically sneak in, I asked the directresses who were so gracious to say yes). And just to be clear, this was immediately after school was let out; the order and organization of each … Continue reading “A Sneak Peek into the Montessori Classroom”

It was a cool, rainy weekend for the most part (even on Friday, which was the boys’ field day at their school), but we still managed to sneak in plenty of sunshine on Sunday when we attended the Earth Day festival in Forest Park. Most of these pictures are from that day, when the boys … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”