As we say goodbye to 2021 and welcome in 2022, let’s take 5 days for reflection. Reflection helps us to take perspective, to reflect on how things have gone, what worked well, and what we’d rather do differently going forward. Day 1 Let’s start day 1 of our 5 days of reflection looking at our […]
Montessori activities for 3+ years
It is harder and harder to choose favourites as the children get older as the children’s interests and skills levels vary greatly. They are also moving from the unconscious absorbent mind (0-3 years) to a conscious absorbent mind (3-6 years) and starting to enjoy sensorial classification and perhaps showing interest in symbols like letters or […]
Let’s meet Juli Williams and her Montessori homeschooling family
I’m delighted to introduce you to Juli Williams and her family who I met via Instagram. She lives with her husband and two kids, a 6 year old girl and 4 year old boy. She describes herself as a minimalist, Latina, living in Florida, and simplifying Montessori education at home. I am sure you will be inspired […]
What is false fatigue in Montessori?
I love this graph from from Spontaneous Activity in Education by Maria Montessori. What you’ll see is a 3-hour work cycle in a classroom in (I believe) a 3-6 classroom. In this graph the children arrive at 9am. For the first 30 minutes you have the children arriving, settling in, greeting and observing each other. Then […]