“It follows that the child can only develop fully by means of experience on his environment. We call such experience “work”.”- Maria Montessori (The Absorbent Mind) First let me say that our children are incredibly blessed to have grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, and uncles who support their education and make homeschooling possible for our family. Our … Read more
Last night I found Gianna in the bathroom filling a candle with my skincare products and toothpaste. In a (rarer than I would like) moment of good parenting, I took a beat before speaking and instead of saying a sharp “Gianna Rose!”, I calmly sat down and said it looked like she was working on … Read more
Last year I was starting to feel very pinched in our little house. I was dying to introduce more Montessori into the kids’ lives, but we just didn’t have the space. One night as I was lamenting about this to Mark, he suggested turning part of our unfinished basement into a classroom. Every night for … Read more