What a delight I have for you today! I reached out to Theresa of Montessori in Real Life to ask if I could interview her for the blog and she said “yes”. For those that haven’t yet discovered Theresa, she was a Montessori toddler teacher and now full time mama to the lovely Dakota (and expecting […]
Toddlers are brilliant
WHY I LOVE TODDLERS Most Montessori teachers have a favourite age to work with. For me it is working with my toddler friends. People are often confused by this preference. Toddlers can be hard work, they are emotional, and they do not always listen to us. I want to paint a new picture of the […]
Looking after toddlers is hard — and what we can do about it
Looking after toddlers is indeed hard. They are impulsive. They run the other direction when we want them to get dressed. They throw things. They don’t listen. They ignore us and others while they are busy mastering so many skills for themselves. They need to move. They need to test limits to see how the world […]
A letter from Simone about slowing down, wabi sabi and leaving happier than you came
Hello everyone! I hope it’s not too late to wish you a happy new year this being my first letter of the year. How is your new year going already? This year has started slow for me and it was exactly the calm, cosy holiday of my dreams. We made the most of needing to […]