Layers of the Earth Play Dough Mat *freebie*

Sharing one of our much-loved activities from this last week — a layers of the earth play dough mat. In the past we’ve made play dough models of the earth; that’s lots of fun, but I wanted something even easier to put on the shelf that the kids could work on independently. This is what…

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Our Montessori Homeschooling Week: Vol 8

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…

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The Grammar Garden an Invitation to Learn

“The secret of good teaching is to regard the child’s intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination.” –Maria Montessori from To Educate the Human Potential These words came to mind when I realized a change was in order for our Montessori grammar work. We…

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