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  • Montessori,  Our Montessori Home

    Montessori at Home; The Table Tray

    January 6, 2020 /

    Many a meal time have descended into a kind of seated jig for me. I plate up a meal, we sit down to eat and someone needs a drink, or someone forgot a fork, someone needs the toilet or someone wants more juice or in the worst scenarios they don’t like what’s on offer and I’m making something new. Meanwhile my dinner forms a skin and goes cold while my blood pressure creeps ever northward. I’m fairly laid back but this was starting to really grind my gears. So, I looked at our problems and tried to come up with a solution. Part of the problem was a lack of…

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    January 2, 2020
  • Montessori - A Parent's Guide

    Dealing with Unwanted Gifts in a Montessori Home

    January 15, 2019 /

    What to do with non-Montessori gifts, alternatives to sugges and what to say when they just won’t listen!

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    Baby Steps Towards Montessori 

    April 24, 2017

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    August 16, 2017

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    August 29, 2017
  • Montessori - A Parent's Guide

    Helping Siblings Share

    January 8, 2019 /

    Five Montessori inspired ways to encourage sharing between young siblings

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    Offering Choice; A 5 Step Guide to Offering Your Toddler Choices.

    September 6, 2017

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    May 15, 2017
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    August 1, 2018
  • Montessori,  Our Montessori Home

    Montessori At Home: Our Work Shelves at 2 Years

    September 14, 2018 /

    Why have we introduced Montessori trays? How did we decide what to include? Most importantly - what does our toddler think of them?

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    Cooking with Toddlers: Simple Apple Tart

    January 9, 2020

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    March 9, 2019
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  • Montessori Toddler Kitchen - The Prepared Environment
    Our Montessori Home

    Montessori at Home: A Toddler’s Kitchen

    September 9, 2018 /

    The kitchen is full of things which pose a danger to a toddler. There are sharp implements, hot surfaces, glasses to break and liquids to spill. Yet the kitchen is also full of opportunity for a toddler who more than anything else seeks the chance to be independent and to make a valuable contribution to their family. Our Kitchen Space We are lucky enough to have space for a dedicated unit just for Alfie. Of course this is not possible in every home but if you can then it’s best to give a child their own dedicated space, even if it’s just on shelf in a cupboard or a low…

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    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

    Montessori At Home: Our Work Shelves at 2 Years

    September 14, 2018

    Why There’s No Elf on Our Shelf

    December 2, 2017
  • 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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    Montessori Inspired Seed Exploration Tray

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    January 10, 2018

    Happy Birthday Holmes!

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  • March in the kitchen garden
    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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  • 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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Hello and welcome! I’m Ted, a Mother, a Reader and a Montessori Believer! Here you'll find how we're using Montessori at home and all the ways that we try to celebrate the joy in every day (mostly with books...

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