Montessori Beginnings

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 loves to play games or do activities after dinner and before bed.  I've been wanting to do a variation on Snakes and Ladders for ages ...

L loves to read but is not that keen on reading books.  I came up with the idea of making a little playscape for her gnome children but make...

L has been able to sound out cvc words for a while now but this past month she has completely exploded in her interest and ability to read a...

We've been trying out these printable materials from Montessori for Learning and L is really enjoying them.  The website is a fantasti...

L is most definitely in a sensitive period for language and letters. Since she pretty much had all her lower case letter sounds down I intro...

I still don't have a camera and yes I am going through all of the stages of grief. Thanks for the commiserations and advice. I would LOV...

OK first the rant.... Why oh why don't the ABC picture books out there use the phonetic sounds??? L is really into alphabet books at the...

L has always been really interested in books and knows all of her books by title. We get three new library books every couple weeks she quic...