This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you. It's that time of the year again: time to put together our Christmas advent calendar. This tradition came from…
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NOVEMBER BOOKSHELF 2023
This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Our homeschool room shelf is dedicated to space, particularly planets, but our general book shelf is dedicated, primarily, to…
ADVENT BOOK CALENDAR 2022
I am so excited to put together our advent book calendar this year--a tradition that Nicole Kavanaugh, from The Kavanaugh Report began. Before I share I need to first say…
OUR HOMESCHOOL PLANS FOR JANUARY
When putting together any sort of plan for E and V for homeschooling I try to base it upon their needs, not a particular curriculum. Right now they are really…
OUR BOOK ADVENT CALENDAR 2020
Last year, for each day of December leading up to Christmas, I had a book for the girls to unwrap, an idea I got from another Montessori mama (Nicole Kavanaugh).…
TODDLER READING: FROM RIPPING BOOKS TO FRAGILE HANDLING
We read with the girls, a lot. Along with the reading we do with them, we also make sure the see us regularly reading by ourselves--setting an example). I recently…
DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE CHILDREN’S BOOKS WE ARE READING
I've been repeatedly asked to share the diverse and inclusive books that we have for the girls. I would like to clarify that these are books that we have and…
HOW WE ARE RAISING READERS-INFANT AND BEYOND
"One of the greatest gifts adults can give--to their offspring and to their society-is to read to children. -Carl Sagan The girls' reading journey began when they were in utero.…
OUR MONTESSORI-INSPIRED SPRING BOOKS
According to the calendar, it has been spring for awhile, but it's finally just starting to feel like it. We just started our garden and are able to spend more…
EARTH DAY: BEE HOTEL AND STUDY
The girls were gifted The Bee Book at my baby shower, by family who run a small farm and cousins who are bee keepers. Little did we all know, the…
