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    Montessori and Gentleness

    April 5, 2018 /

    How does Montessori facilitate gentleness in children and what can you as a parent do to encourage your child to embrace their gentleness?

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    Our New Montessori Kitchen

    January 2, 2020

    Montessori at Home; The Table Tray

    January 6, 2020

    Montessori At Home: Our Work Shelves at 2 Years

    September 14, 2018
  • In The Garden,  Our Montessori Home

    Easy Vegetables to Grow with Children

    March 16, 2018 /

    Any outside space is the ultimate prepared environment, without any effort at all it provides a wealth of learning opportunities in just about every plane of development and to suit nearly every interest. Here's a quick guide on how to get started on the veg patch and how to get your toddler involved too!

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    Here Come The Girls

    April 7, 2017

    A Loss and An Arrival

    July 5, 2017

    May In the Kitchen Garden

    May 31, 2018
  • Being Mum,  Ted's Take On...

    Wellies and Self Care

    March 12, 2018 /

    The lesson I learnt from the family shoes, how wellies can radicalise your self care and why your children need a mom who puts herself first.

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    August 3, 2018

    The Prepared Adult: Reflecting on Parenting Experiences

    August 14, 2019
    How to talk about consent with a young child - why consent always matters

    How to Talk About Consent with A Toddler

    October 16, 2017
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    In The Garden

    March in the Kitchen Garden

    March 4, 2018 /

    In the third of this year’s series on the Kitchen Garden I’m sharing our planting schedule and thinking a little bit about Spring. Spring On The March As a child of the summer Winter takes an unfortunate toll on my sun seeking soul, March therefore holds a special charm for me. It is in March thankfully that Winter finally surrenders though rarely with the dignity to accept the inevitable and more years than not with a decrepit stubbornness of threadbare fog cloaks and miserly dustings of frost. In March the evening is once again returned to us, ours are the dawn chorus and the evensong, ours are the fresh eggs…

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    May In the Kitchen Garden

    May 31, 2018
    Layout for a Square Foot Garden, Potager Garden, Kitchen Garden

    Deciding What and When to Plant – February in the Kitchen Garden

    February 19, 2018

    Here Come The Girls

    April 7, 2017
  • Montessori - A Parent's Guide

    Montessori and Independence; The Self – Esteem Secret

    March 4, 2018 /

    Examining the link between independence and self esteem and discovering that it is not something we can expect schools to achieve without parental support. 

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    Montessori Appropriate Fiction about Animals

    January 15, 2020
    The Montessori Materials we used at home with our 10 month old, spoiler alert; the object permanence box isn't worth the spend!

    Montessori Materials at 10 months

    July 6, 2017

    Types of Play; Functional Play

    November 13, 2017
  • Recommended Reads

    What’s on Our Bookshelves 

    March 1, 2018 /

    A little look at the Spring books we will be reading with our toddler. What’s that you smell in the air?! It might be SPRING! I can hardly contain myself, while I’m trying to embrace seasonal living and have actually enjoyed Winter this year I’m still ready for longer days, blue skies and getting the feeling back in my fingers. We’ve stocked up our bookshelves with some fresh books for this fresh season. These books will stay on our shelves for a few weeks. They will make up the ‘core’ or our bookshelves, we will top them up with weekly trips to the library as well as a few old…

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    Montessori at Home; Our Spring Time Books

    April 11, 2019

    What’s On Our Bookshelves – Summer Books for Toddlers

    July 11, 2018

    Montessori Appropriate Fiction about Animals

    January 15, 2020
  • Layout for a Square Foot Garden, Potager Garden, Kitchen Garden
    In The Garden

    Deciding What and When to Plant – February in the Kitchen Garden

    February 19, 2018 /

    The second in our series on Square Foot Gardening in our Potager Garden, this month looking at what seeds to sow and when to sow them to ensure a steady supply of home grown veg so you can Grow Your Own without a Glut.

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    Easy Vegetables to Grow with Children

    March 16, 2018

    Here Come The Girls

    April 7, 2017

    May In the Kitchen Garden

    May 31, 2018
  • Holidays and Days Out

    Snowdrop Walks at The Argory 

    February 5, 2018 /

    This weekend The Argory (along with most of the National Trust) have launched their Snowdrop Festival, we went along for a walk. Snowdrops at The Argory The Argory is one of my favourite places. It’s beautiful even on the busy days when it’s full of day trippers and tricycles, but on its calm days when squirrels skip among the snowdrops, kingfishers glimmer as they dart just out of sight and a mournful mist rolls up from the Blackwater it is truly magical. The Argory wears its grandeur with grace and modesty and unlikely some other stately homes which feel austere the Argory is always welcoming and full of life. The…

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    30 Ideas for 30 Days Wild – Outdoor Play with a Toddler

    May 26, 2018

    Pasta Making at James Street South

    May 23, 2017
  • Being Mum,  Ted's Take On...

    A Lingering Grief

    January 31, 2018 /

    My Daddy died when I was 21. Death is not like it looks in the movies, there is no grace or elegance, there’s no breezy sigh or dramatic halt. Instead it’s counting seconds between breaths and watching screens for neon flickers. And all the while you know what’s coming; that the person you love is going to walk though a doorway,  close it behind them and leave you. The dread is exhausting. The fear is lonely. The certainty is crushing. Death is practically offensive by it’s invisibility. It pays no heed to the soul it takes or the dignity it costs. In life my Dad was scathingly funny, scarily smart,…

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    How to talk about consent with a young child - why consent always matters

    How to Talk About Consent with A Toddler

    October 16, 2017

    Another Attempt at Baby Led Weaning

    June 14, 2017

    A Waste Free Week

    January 18, 2018
  • Being Mum,  Montessori - A Parent's Guide,  Our Montessori Home

    Montessori –  A Lesson For Parents In Trusting The Child. 

    January 22, 2018 /

    Follow the child is a popular hashtag on instagram, but aside from letting kids pick their own books and toys what does it look like in practice? Sometimes it means trusting them when they tell you “I’m ready.”

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    Another Attempt at Baby Led Weaning

    June 14, 2017
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    October 16, 2017

    The Prepared Adult: Reflecting on Parenting Experiences

    August 14, 2019
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