Ah multiplication facts. You either learn them easily or you don’t. I think that was a defining moment for me in elementary school; that was when I realized I hated math. My parents worked with me for hours — even bribed me — to get me to memorize them. When I kept blanking on my…
Have you seen the flood of wonderful videos on Youtube the last month coming from Montessori educators needing to teach from home? Even if you have a presentation down pat, it’s still incredibly helpful to see how others present work. Even with a uniform method like Montessori, every guide brings a little bit of his…
I love words. When I was a kid I used to snuggle up with a thesaurus and memorize as many words as I could then use them in my school assignments to confuse my teachers. Ah middle school when you think you’re so clever… Anywho, my kids are not the same at all. They aren’t…
“Human consciousness comes into the world as a flaming ball of imagination.” –Dr Maria Montessori After the “Coming of Life” great lesson follows the “Coming of Humans” story. We have been studying the different eons and eras, and we’ve studied fundamental needs of humans by going camping and visiting a wool farm; here’s some of…
Happy to add this cool “Knot Tying Dexterity Game” Knot So Fast from Timberdoodle to our shelves this week. I remember seeing a knot-tying guide book once before and thinking if only there was a way to make this simple enough for small hands to understand, it’d make a great practical life activity to add…
Timberdoodle sent us a Crazy Aaron’s Mixed By Me “Glow” Thinking Putty kit to review. We have actually reviewed a similar set in the past, so I was happy to get our hands on this one. To summarize my personal stance on messy activities, I am typically a fan. You will find us painting our…
I know it’s been quiet around here. In the real world, we’ve been spending a lot of time on science, and as much time as we can outside, as the temperatures start to creep up. Afternoons are in the 80s. The kids have been doing a lot of Teaching Textbooks for math lately, and there…
Where to even begin with this busy week? Goodbye April –> Hello May! April 29th – May 5th On Sunday both our girls made their first holy communions. *swoon* Misc Fun: Yesterday, we took a beach trip and had a visit with good friends in Pensacola. There was a Crawfish Festival going on, and we spent…
Alright, alright, alright… let’s get right down to business. In exciting family news, the girls make their first holy communion tomorrow, the kids’ violin recital is in a week, my sister got ENGAGED today (I hope I’m allowed to proclaim that Megs because we are EXCITED), and as always we continue truckin’ along with school….
Each week I look back trying to remember what we did over the past 5-6 days, and I draw a blank. I can remember that my oldest had a biopsy done to see if her “ringworm” she’s had for several years is actually psoriasis. I recall getting new eyeglasses, and I know we had a…
