Memorial Day Ideas for Kids

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Memorial Day is a big concept for most young children to “get”. I don’t mean to cut children short because I know they do get many BIG concepts. To bring the idea of war and veterans into a child’s mind, though, is a serious endeavour and one that needs to happen gently and slowly over [Read On]


What’s on Our Shelves this Month {April}

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Spring is such a lovely time for renewal and growth. Everything feels fresh and exciting for learning. So, what better time to switch up the materials in our space? Most of these works have a spring theme and will touch upon many areas of Montessori. Here are the new materials in our space this month: [Read On]


Valentine Pattern Activity

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Pattern recognition and building helps build a strong math foundation for children. Here is a simple yet effective pattern activity for your preschooler. I like this pattern because it is extremely simply, isolating really just the pattern itself or the difference between “X” and “O”. Notice the color and size are the same. For our [Read On]


Montessori Inspired Easter Activities

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Here are a few “back to the basics” Montessori Inspired Easter activities. With their lovely colors and texture, we used jelly beans as our base material with which to work, which, in all honesty was a little challenging given their sweet goodness. Keep an almost 3 year old from popping a few in his mouth [Read On]