Before I start today’s Montessori home tour, I would love to open up a conversation. One that was started by a dear friend in the Montessori community Andy Lulka. This is what she wrote: “I wonder if there is a way we can share our ideal spaces without making it about the things in them – or about the space (that’s a large room!) or about the perfection of it. Can we talk about why this space works in a way that doesn’t make me feel I was an inadequate parent for not having the means with … [Read more...] about SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #2 – a peek inside Anna, Thomas, Julia and Jakob’s Montessori-style home in Vienna, Austria
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SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #1 – a peek inside the home of Enerel, Bayanaa, Nimo and Odi’s Montessori-style home in Mongolia
It’s summer break here and a good time to get inspired to make our homes more Montessori. I always recommend looking at things from the child’s height, making their things accessible to the children, and helping to set things up so they can manage by themselves. We all know the cry, “me do it!". So today is the first in our summer series of Montessori home tours. I have been following mininimoo on Instagram for a long time and assumed that this was the home of a Montessori teacher. I reached … [Read more...] about SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #1 – a peek inside the home of Enerel, Bayanaa, Nimo and Odi’s Montessori-style home in Mongolia
My child won’t listen to me – 10 tips to turn things around
Hello to lots of new subscribers over the summer. It’s Simone Davies here from The Montessori Notebook and Jacaranda Tree Montessori. I’ve been on summer break here in Amsterdam but now I’m back you’ll receive these letters every couple of weeks to help you bring Montessori into your homes. What a summer it has been. I don’t get to visit my family and friends in Australia often. So it was an absolute treat to visit them this summer. It means switching the summer for the winter, but Sydney … [Read more...] about My child won’t listen to me – 10 tips to turn things around
Visiting museums with young children
It’s summer holiday time! It has been a wonderful year and so much fun to work with these gorgeous children and their families. Thank you all for coming along to our playgroup classes, workshops and events. So here is the last post before I take a break over the summer holidays. And as the Netherlands is not always guaranteed good weather over summer, I thought I’d pick a safe option and give you some fun ideas for museum visits with little ones. Museum visits with small people I am a … [Read more...] about Visiting museums with young children