Whenever someone asks me how to begin homeschooling an elementary-aged child in the Montessori pedagogy, I tell them it all starts with the Great Lessons. What are the Great Lessons, who are they for, and how do you implement them? Why do they matter so much? Consider this a crash course into the five impressionistic…
If you were Italian, you might say to someone asking to borrow a possession, “Si chiama Pietro e torna indietro” or “Its name is Peter and it comes back.” Reading that in English is for sure a head scratcher. But in Italian it’s a clever play on rhyming words and commonly known idiom. My oldest…
I recently described this blog to someone as focused on Montessori, homeschooling and special needs. I realized though that I rarely give a lot of background on the unique challenges we’re up against some days, ie the “special needs” components (though I know I have from time to time mentioned them). Consider this post a…
Hey, hey it’s my birthday today. I have a gift for you — another installment in our Montessori Homeschooling series! Today I am so excited to share Bree’s Montessori space and story with you all. Bree (from Kindling Kids Montessori) DIYs are brilliant: a Perler bead pegboard, glittery checkerboard math, and a grammar analysis flowchart…
Welcome to the first post in our ongoing series about Montessori homeschooling. I hope you’ll find these interviews as enlightening as I do: real moms making Montessori a reality for their kids. I’m super excited to introduce Angela, homeschooling mom extraordinaire, who consistently inspires with creative Montessori homeschool adaptations and learning ideas. Please introduce yourself….
If you’ve ever coveted the Waseca Biomes Reading Program (among other products of theirs), I’m happy to say that they are now offering direct download options! Not only can you get the entire Orton-Gillingham based, Montessori-inspired reading program at a big discount (over the in-print version), but you can purchase individual color sets one at…
