Tag: Montessori

Today I want to share some pretty insightful Montessori posts throughout the web. I am constantly inspired by this learning method and hope to learn more about it this year through the school’s parent education nights. It’s just such an amazing, child-centered model! Here’s a great post on sharing and how it relates to the Montessori … Continue reading “Montessori-Inspired”

All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr This book. You guys! This book is so amazing! This is the kind of book to savor, to pour over every detail so you feel that you are right there along with the characters. I’m not too far in (hence the savoring part), but already the … Continue reading “Reading…”

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”

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”