Montessori Beginnings

 Since L is now at Montessori school and I am working part time we don't do many specific Montessori activities at home any more. We do ...

We've been raising tadpoles for the last three and a half weeks.  We got them when they were at this stage from a nearby pond with plans...

I recently posted about L's fish Charlotte that she got for Easter.  The other day we were talking and I asked her how she liked having ...

We don't do chocolate and candies at Easter in our house.  This year now that L is reading we did an egg scavenger hunt.  Each egg had a...

Our latest chapter book has been Swiss Family Robinson.  I found a children's version at the dollar store. Score!  There are still some ...

Every year around March the herring run takes place here on Vancouver Island.  We drive along the coast every day to get to L's school a...

L and I have both been enjoying reading chapter books at bedtime together.  We started off with Heidi which L loved and have now moved on to...

L has been asking to make her own lunch lately.  She asked if I could give her a shelf in the fridge to be able to access her own things.  S...

L has never really had her own bedroom before.  We decorated a nursery for her in our house in England but there was no built in heater in i...

As many of you know the Montessori Method is all about keeping children in reality.  I am kind of on the fence on this one I guess.  I reall...

Okay the continent box is taking ages to complete so in the mean time I thought I'd post about some of the activities we have been doing...

Okay part two.  The first two pictures are of L's activity shelves in our spare bedroom.  I'll do a quick run down on what is on the...

I'm so happy to finally have proper spaces for L's things.  Our house is mostly unpacked so I wanted to record how we have set up L...

A while back I posted about the beautiful woods we have across the road from our house .  L and her Granny take the dog around the trails a ...