Happy Earth Day! April is a great time to focus on Arbor Day along with Earth Day. National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April, although many states observe Arbor Day on different dates according to their state’s best tree-planting time. You can find a map of Arbor Day dates across America (and around…
Welcome to the August 2012 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Farmer’s Markets This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have written about something new they’ve learned about their local farmers. *** I always loved to visit the farmer’s…
Spring and summer are great times to focus on gardening. I planted a flower garden with the children each spring when I had a Montessori school. The children always loved to see the flowers blooming when they returned to school at the end of the summer. With my own children, we didn’t live where we…
An autumn leaf is a wonder of nature for children and adults alike. To celebrate that wonder, why not have an autumn leaf unit study?! There are some amazing resources available online. I’ll be linking to Montessori-inspired resources here and adding a link to my Autumn Leaf Unit Study board on Pinterest with links to…
It’s Montessori Monday and time for one of the early science activities in Montessori education – living and non-living! After learning about living and non-living, preschoolers study plants and animals and the classifications of plants and animals. There are many helpful resources online to introduce your preschooler or class to the concepts of living and…
The classifying leaves activity from Two Little Seeds is a wonderful Montessori-oriented botany activity for autumn. It’s a great activity to do in the summer as well. It adds interest for preschoolers and early elementary children by combining a leaf-collecting activity with matching leaf cards. An extension of the activity could be to add parts-of-a-leaf…
I'm Deb Chitwood. My header photo models are my children, Christina, at 1 1/2, my son, Will, at 3, and Christina again at 16. Christina is now 22, and Will is 27. Please see the About Me page for more information about my family and me. Please see the About Montessori page for information about Montessori.
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