Our Montessori Living & Learning Space

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It has been a while since I’ve written a Montessori at Home post. So, I thought I’d give you an update on things we’re doing in our home. {Goodbye Plastic, Hello Glass} This image is one of our new drinking glasses solely for the boys. We no longer have a single plastic cup in our [Read On]


Gardening with Kids {My First Tools Giveaway}

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This morning the sun had barely come up when I heard my sons clamoring downstairs. I heard my older son say, “Come on Y, let’s get our boots on and go outside to work.” I laughed, then I sighed as I lifted my body from bed. I knew his agenda. The day before we received [Read On]


Yoga Books for Children

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We try to do a yoga exercise at least once a day. We’ve even had a yoga play date that included a mini yoga session for kids. Mindfulness and creating a stillness is something I strive to attain personally. So I hope integrating these exercises into my sons lives early on will solidify this sense [Read On]


Teaching Mindfulness to Kids

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“My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call education of the heart. Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will [Read On]


New Years Songs for Preschoolers

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MOVEMENT Put your arms down and out your sides(like a “V”), separate your legs in similar fashion then rock side to side singing: “Tick Tock, Tick Tock, I’m a Little Cuckoo Clock, It’s Now 1 o’clock”. Then Pop Up like you’re doing a jumping jack once for one o’clock, twice for two o’clock, three times [Read On]


Books for Raising Mindful Children

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On our journey to homeschooling we continue to think long and hard about what and how to teach our two boys asking questions like “Who are they?” “How do they learn?” “What do we want for them?” Time and time again we come back to hoping our children are happy and kind. We want them [Read On]