Do you want to know what I truly love about Montessori Practical Life? I will tell you a secret…come a little closer…most trays can be made simply using items you have lying around the home. Variations seem endless and easily adaptable to months, seasons, interests, and holidays. Check out these fresh new ideas for your […]
12 Absolute Must-Read Children’s Books for the Holiday Season
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Giving a child the space, time, and opportunity to discover reading on his own will achieve that life long love of stories and story telling. Making books and book reading meaningful is part of creating an environment that will ultimately grow life long lovers of reading. Are you wondering how you can raise a rock star […]
Simple Bear Craft for a Winter or Hibernation Unit
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This Simple Bear Craft is perfect for an art table. The activity combines sensorial, or pre-math ideas, with the art, too, by utilizing circles only in the creation of this sweet bear. Kids will have fun making their very own bear and might just want to learn a bit more about the hibernators! A great […]
The Best & Most Heartwarming Children’s Books about Winter
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Children’s Books about Winter Learning about Hibernators and Adaptors Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner is a lovely story of a father and his child cross country skiing through the winter woods. The illustrations and writing is soothing and melodic as the two explore the winter woods. The book gives us a glimpse […]
Diverse, Unique, & Easy Winter Solstice Activities Kids Will Love
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Tomorrow we’re having our second annual Winter Solstice get-together (a.k.a: a playdate) with good friends. My friend and I wanted to find a way to open our children’s eyes to the beauty of the solstice from a scientific standpoint but even more so the significance to us human beings and those with whom we […]
Winter Botany Activity for Kids
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Below are winter trees activities for kids that combines the outdoors, nature and art, just a few of my favorite things. Last year we were fortunate enough to spend a few hours on a farm in Natick, Massachusettes learning about maple sugaring. My older son was totally into it. Between the farm animals, being outdoors […]